title: Crystal structure of di-aqua-bis-(4-tert-butyl-benzoato-κO)bis-(nicotinamide-κN (1))cobalt(II) dihydrate.
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the mononuclear cobalt complex, [Co(C11H13O2)2(C6H6N2O)2(H2O)2]·2H2O, contains one half of the complex mol-ecule, one coordinating and one non-coordinating water mol-ecule, one 4-tert-butyl-benzoate (TBB) ligand and one nicotinamide (NA) ligand; the Co atom lies on an inversion centre. All ligands coordinating to the Co atom are monodentate. The four nearest O atoms around the Co atom form a slightly distorted square-planar arrangement, with the distorted octa-hedral coordination completed by the two pyridine N atoms of the NA ligands at distances of 2.1638 (11) Å. The coordinating water mol-ecules are hydrogen bonded to the carboxyl O atoms [O ⋯ O = 2.6230 (17) Å], enclosing an S(6) hydrogen-bonding motif, while inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link two of the non-coordinating water mol-ecules to the coordinating water mol-ecules and NA anions. The dihedral angle between the planar carboxyl-ate group and the adjacent benzene ring is 29.09 (10)°, while the benzene and pyridine rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 88.53 (4)°. In the crystal, O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules, enclosing R 2 (2)(8), R 2 (2)(10) and R 4 (4)(12) ring motifs, forming layers parallel to (001). The C and H atoms of the tert-butyl group of the TBB ligand are disordered over two sets of sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.631 (5):0.369 (5).
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Hacettepe University, 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülçin Şefiye
authors.initials: GŞ
authors.lastname: Aşkın
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kafkas University, 36100 Kars, Turkey; International Scientific Research Centre, Baku State University, 1148 Baku, Azerbaijan.
authors.forename: Hacali
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Necefoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kafkas University, 36100 Kars, Turkey.
authors.forename: Safiye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Özkaya
authors.affiliation: Scientific and Technological Application and Research Center, Aksaray University, 68100, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Raziye
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Çatak Çelik
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Hacettepe University, 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuncer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hökelek
keywords: benzoic acid; cobalt(II); crystal structure; nicotinamide; transition metal complexes