Tetraaquabis[(2-oxo-4H-pyridin-1-yl)acetato]magnesium(II)
First published: 14 May 2004
Shan Gao, e-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
The title complex, tetraaquabis[(2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-1-yl)acetato]magnesium(II), [Mg(C7H6NO3)2(H2O)4], is a neutral mononuclear molecule consisting of an MgII ion, two (2-oxo-4H-pyridin-1-yl)acetate ligands and four coordinated water molecules. The MgII atom, located on a symmetry center, has octahedral coordination involving two carbonyl O atoms of different (2-oxo-4H-pyridin-1-yl)acetate ligands and four water molecules. O—H⋯O intermolecular hydrogen bonds form a layer structure.
