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Bis[2-hydroxy-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-propionato]cobalt(II)
Okabe, Nobuo,Adachi, Yukari
, p. 302 - 304 (1999)
In the title compound, [Co(C6H7N2O3)2], the CoII ion has a slightly distorted octahedral coordination geometry. 2-Hydroxy-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid acts as a bidentate ligand. Two carboxylate O atoms and two hydroxyl O atoms are coordinated cis to each other and form the equatorial plane, and two imidazole N atoms are coordinated in axial positions. The molecules are held together by an intermolecular hydrogen-bonding network involving the carboxylate, imino and hydroxyl groups.
