title: Tetra-aqua-bis-(1H-benzimidazole-5,6-di-carboxyl-ato-κN)cobalt(II) dimethyl-formamide disolvate dihydrate.
abstract: In the mononuclear title compound, [Co(C(9)H(4)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(4)]·2C(3)H(7)NO·2H(2)O, the Co(II) atom, which lies on a center of inversion, is coordinated by four water mol-ecules and two N atoms from two two symmetry-related 1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxyl-ate ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The packing is governed by inter-molecular O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Shi-Jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dong-Liang
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu