metal-organic compounds
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In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Co(C6H12N4O3)2](NO3)2·4H2O, the CoII ion, lying on an inversion center, is O,N,O′-chelated by two nitrilotriacetamide molecules, forming a distorted octahedral geometry. In the crystal, extensive O—HO and N—HO hydrogen bonds link the complex cations, nitrate anions and lattice water molecules into a three-dimensional network.