metal-organic compounds
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In the title compound, [Mg(C6H2N2O4)(H2O)4]·H2O, the MgII ion is coordinated by a fully deprotonated pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylate molecule, via a ring N and a carboxylate O atom, and by four water O atoms at the apices of a slightly distorted octahedron. In the crystal, molecules are linked by O—HO and O—HN hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.