μ-Aqua-κ2O:O-di-μ-phenylacetato-κ4O:O′-bis[(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)(phenylacetato-κO)cobalt(II)

Abstract

The title mol­ecule, [Co2(C8H7O2)4(C12H8N2)2(H2O)], is a dinuclear CoII complex which is located on a twofold symmetry axis. Each CoII ion is six-coordinated by three O atoms of different phenyl­acetate ligands, two N atoms of the 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and one O atom of a water mol­ecule, giving a distorted octa­hedral geometry. The two CoII atoms are bridged by two phenyl­acetate groups and the water mol­ecule lying on the twofold axis. The Co⋯Co distance is 3.553 (2) A. A one-dimensional supramolecular chain is constructed by π–π stacking inter­actions between adjacent 1,10-phenanthroline mol­ecules.