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metal-organic compounds
Pyridine-3-carboxylic acid (nicH) reacts with iron(II) chloride tetrahydrate in a methanol–water mixture to form the title compound, [Fe(C6H4NO2)2(H2O)4]. The FeII atom is in a slightly distorted octahedral coordination. The crystal structure is stabilized by O—H
O hydrogen bonds involving all the water H atoms and the carboxylate groups.
O hydrogen bonds involving all the water H atoms and the carboxylate groups.
