title: trans-Diaqua-bis[5-carb-oxy-2-(3-pyrid-yl)-1H-imidazole-4-carboxyl-ato-κN,O]iron(II).
abstract: In the title complex, [Fe(C(10)H(6)N(3)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], the Fe(II) atom is located on an inversion centre and is trans-coordinated by two N,O-bidentate 5-carb-oxy-2-(3-pyrid-yl)-1H-imidazole-4-carb-oxy-l-ate ligands and two water mol-ecules, defining a distorted octa-hedral environment. A two-dimensional network of N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds extending parallel to (110) helps to stabilize the crystal packing.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ben-Lai
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hong-Yun
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang