Diaquabis(dihydrogen 3-azaniumyl-1-hydroxypropylidene-1,1-diphosphonato-κ²O,O′)cobalt(II)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of title compound, [Co(C3H10NO7P2)2(H2O)2], contains one half-mol­ecule of the complex. The CoII atom is located on an inversion centre and displays a distorted octa­hedral coordination geometry defined by four O atoms of two 3-aza­niumyl-1-hy­droxy­propyl­idene-1,1-bis­phospho­nato ligands in the equatorial plane and two water mol­ecules located in axial positions. The ligand mol­ecules, which exist in a zwitterionic state, form two six-membered chelate rings with chair conformations. In the crystal, mol­ecules are inter­linked by O—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional supra­molecular structure.