Diaquabis(2-iodobenzoato-κO)bis(nicotinamide-κN1)cobalt(II)
In the title complex, [Co(C7H4IO2)2(C6H6N2O)2(H2O)2], the CoIIcation is located on an inversion center and is coordinated by two monodentate 2-iodobenzoate (IB) anions, two nicotinamide (NA) ligands and two water molecules. The four O atoms in the equatorial plane around the CoIIcation form a slightly distorted square-planar arrangement, while the slightly distorted octahedral coordination is completed by the two N atoms of the NA ligands in the axial positions. The dihedral angle between the carboxylate group and the adjacent benzene ring is 22.3 (3)°, while the pyridine ring and the benzene ring are oriented at a dihedral angle of 84.59 (13)°. Intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonding occurs between the carboxylate group and coordinated water molecule. In the crystal, N—H...O, O—H...O and weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a three-dimensional supramolecular network.