Mer-Diaquabis(1H-Imidazole-κ N-3)[Orotato(2-)]Cobalt(II)

Abstract

In the title complex, mer-diaqua[2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetra-hydropyrimidine-4- carboxyl-ato(2-)]-bis(1H-imidazole-N 3)cobalt(II), [Co(C5H2N2O4)(C3H4N2)2(H2O)2], the CoII ion is coordinated by a deprotonated N atom and the carboxyl-ate O atom of the orotate ligand, two imidazole N atoms and two aqua ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The title complex exists as discrete doubly hydrogen-bonded dimers, and a three-dimensional network of O - H⋯O and N - H⋯O hydrogen bonds and weak π-π inter-actions is responsible for crystal stabilization. © International Union of Crystallography 2007.