title: Bis(μ-pyridine-2,5-dicarboxyl-ato)-κN,O:O;κO:N,O-bis-[aqua-(2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')cobalt(II)] dihydrate.
abstract: In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Co(2)(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·2H(2)O, the two Co(II) cations are bridged by pairs of pyridine-2,5-dicarboxyl-ate anions across an inversion center. Besides two pyridine-2,5-dicarboxyl-ate anions, one bidentate 2,2'-bipyridine and one water mol-ecule coordinate to the Co cation, completing a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. Within the dinuclear mol-ecule, π-π stacking occurs between parallel pyridine rings with centroid-centroid distances of 3.802 (2) Å. The crystal structure contains extensive O-H⋯O and weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genernal Eduction Center, Yuanpei University, HsinChu 30015, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shie Fu
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lush