title: A dinuclear CoII complex: bis(mu-dihydrogen phosphato-kappa2O:O')bis[(bipyridine-kappa2N,N')(dihydrogen phosphato-kappaO)cobalt(II)].
abstract: The title compound, [Co2(H2PO4)4(C10H8N2)2], is dinuclear, centred on a symmetry centre of the P1 space group. Each Co atom has a distorted square-pyramidal coordination involving two N atoms from a bipyridine molecule and three O atoms from two bridging and one terminal dihydrogen orthophosphate anion. The molecular structure and packing are stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen-bond interactions.
authors.affiliation: New Materials and Function, Coordination Chemistry Laboratory, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, People's Republic of China. ffj2003@163169.net
authors.forename: Fang-Fang
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Yu-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Hai-Lian
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Ping-Ping
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Pu-Su
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Zhao