title: Bis(mu-diphenylphosphinato-kappa2O:O')bis[aqua(diphenylphosphinato-kappaO)bis(pyridine-kappaN)cobalt(II)].
abstract: In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Co2(C12H10O2P)4(C5H5N)4(H2O)2], each approximately octahedral Co atom features two trans-coordinated pyridine molecules, one water molecule, a terminally coordinated monodentate diphenylphosphinate ligand, and two bidentate diphenylphosphinate ligands that bridge the two Co atoms across a centre of inversion to form a dimeric binuclear complex. The discrete molecules are linked by double hydrogen bonds between the terminally coordinated diphenylphosphinate ligand and the water molecule to form a continuous chain along the crystallographic b axis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul 97119-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liange de Oliveira
authors.initials: Lde O
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.forename: Márcia R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Siqueira
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Burrow