III ion exhibits a distorted octahedral coordination envirnoment defined by four N atoms of two ethane-1,2-diamine ligands, another N atom of the pyridine ligand and a Cl À ligand. The pyridine N atom and the Cl À ligand are in cis positions relative to each other. The crystal packing is dominated by intermolecular N-HÁ Á ÁCl, O-HÁ Á ÁCl and O-HÁ Á ÁH hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the amino groups of the complex cation, the lattice water molecule and the noncoordinating Cl À anions. Weak C-HÁ Á ÁCl interactions consolidate the threedimensional hydrogen-bonded network structure.
Structure descriptionCobalt is an essential and integral component of vitamin B 12 . Hence it is found physiologically in most tissues. Complexes of cobalt are useful for nutritional supplementation to provide this element in a form that effectively increases the bioavailability, for instance, vitamin B 12 by microorganisms present in the gut. Cobalt(III) complexes with ethane-1,2-diamine or with mixed ligands exhibit antitumor, antibacterial, antimicrobial, radiosenzitation and cytotoxicity activities (Sayed et al., 1992;Teicher et al., 1990;Arslan et al., 2009;Delehanty et al., 2008). In addition, cobalt(III) complexes are known for electron-transfer and ligand-substitution reactions. In this context, we have synthesized another cobalt(III) complex with mixed ligands, [CoCl(C 6 H 7 N)(C 2 H 8 N 2 ) 2 ]-Cl 2 ÁH 2 O, and report here its crystal structure.The structural entities of the title compound are shown in Fig. 1. The Co III cation is octahedrally surrounded by four N atoms of two ethane-1,2-diamine ligands, a pyridine N atom and a Cl À ligand, whereby the pyridine N atom and the Cl À ligand are cis to each