title: Diaqua-bis-(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)bis(saccharinato-κN)cobalt(II).
abstract: The title complex, [Co(C(7)H(4)NO(3)S)(2)(C(2)H(6)OS)(2)(H(2)O)(2)], contains a Co(2+) cation in an octa-hedral coordination environment. The metal atom is surrounded by two different neutral ligands, namely dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) and water, each coordinating through the O atom. The anionic saccharinate (sac; 1,1,3-trioxo-2,3-dihydro-1λ(6),2-benzothia-zol-2-ide) ligand coordinates through the N atom. Each of the three similar ligand pairs is in a trans configuration with respect to each other. The Co atom lies on a crystallographic center of symmetry and the octa-hedral geometry is not significantly distorted. A short O-H⋯O hydrogen bond is present between a water H atom and the ketone O atom; two longer hydrogen bonds (intra- and inter-molecular) are also present between a water H and a sulfonic O atom, forming a supramolecular assembly through head-to-tail aggregation between adjacent complexes.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000,  South Africa.
authors.forename: Fezile S W
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Potwana
authors.forename: Werner E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Van Zyl