Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 100 K; mean (P-C) = 0.001 Å; R factor = 0.019; wR factor = 0.055; data-to-parameter ratio = 13.0.In the title compound, Na 2 [Co(CH 4 O 6 P 2 ) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ]Á2H 2 O, the asymmetric unit is composed of one methylenediphosphonate ligand and one water molecule, which both are coordinated to a Co II atom, as well as a non-coordinated water molecule and a sodium cation. The Co II atom occupies a special position on a crystallographic inversion centre. The slightly distorted Co