Tetraaquabis(piperazin-1-ium)cobalt(II) bis(sulfate) dihydrate

Abstract

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Co(C4H11N2)2(H2O)4](SO4)2·2H2O, the CoII atom is coordinated in a distorted octa­hedral geometry by four water O atoms and two piperazinium N atoms. These four water O atoms define an equatorial plane with a maximum deviation of 0.0384 (1) Å while the two piperazinium N atoms complete the octa­hedron in the axial positions. Neighboring complex mol­ecules and sulfate anions are connected through an extensive network of N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which link the different chemical species into layers in the ab plane. Additional Owater—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the non-coordinating water mol­ecules and C—H⋯O inter­actions connect these layers into a three-dimensional supra­molecular structure.