metal-organic compounds
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The title compound, [Co(C4H3N2O2)2(H2O)2], contains a CoII cation on a twofold rotation axis, exhibiting a distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The equatorial plane is formed by two N,O-bidentate 1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate ligands and the axial positions are occupied by water molecules. The crystal packing consists of a three-dimensional network stabilized by O—HO and N—HO hydrogen bonds, together with weak π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.577 (2) Å] between the imidazole rings.
metal-organic compounds
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The title compound, [Co(C5H3N2O2)2(H2O)2]·2H2O, contains a CoII ion on an inversion center, exhibiting an octahedral coordination geometry. The equatorial plane is formed by two trans-related N,O-bidentate pyridazine-3-carboxylate ligands and the axial positions are occupied by two water molecules. The CoII complex molecules are stacked in a column along the a-axis direction by an O—HN hydrogen bond between the non-coordinating pyridazine N atom and the coordinating water molecule. These columns are further connected into a layer parallel to the ac plane by additional hydrogen bonds involving the coordinating and non-coordinating water molecules, and the non-coordinating carboxylate O atom. The crystal packing is completed by interlayer weak C—HO interactions.