catena-Poly[[diaquacobalt(II)]-mu-oxalato]. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Single crystals of the title compound, [Co(C2O4)(H2O)2]n, have been prepared by hydrothermal methods and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal structure consists of infinite one-dimensional chains of diaquacobalt(II) units bridged by oxalate groups. These chains lie on twofold symmetry axes parallel to the b axis, and the [Co(C2O4)]n system is nearly planar within experimental error. The cobalt(II) coordination polyhedra are irregular octahedra, with oxalate O atoms at the equatorial positions and water molecules at the axial positions. The chains are linked by hydrogen bonds via the water molecules.

published proceedings

  • Acta Crystallogr C

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Bacsa, J., Eve, D., & Dunbar, K. R.

citation count

  • 23

complete list of authors

  • Bacsa, John||Eve, Desmond||Dunbar, Kim R

publication date

  • January 2005