metal-organic compounds
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In the title compound, {[Ho2(C6H4NO3)2(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·2H2O}n, the HoIII atom is coordinated by three O atoms from three 5-hydroxynicotinate ligands, four O atoms from two oxalate ligands, each lying on an inversion center, and one water molecule in a distorted square-antiprismatic geometry. The 5-hydroxynicotinate ligand is protonated at the N atom and deprotonated at the hydroxy group. The HoIII atoms are bridged by the carboxylate and phenolate O atoms, forming a three-dimensional framework. N—HO and O—HO hydrogen bonds, as well as π–π interactions between the pyridine rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.794 (2) Å], are observed.