Diaqua­bis[2-(benzyl­oxy)acetato]cobalt(II)

Abstract

In the mononuclear title complex, [Co(C ₉H ₉O ₃) ₂(H ₂O) ₂], each Co ^II atom is located on an inversion center and is hexa­coordinated by four O atoms from two benzyl­oxyacetate ligands [Co—O bond lengths = 2.0487 (9) and 2.1090 (9) Å] and two water mol­ecules [Co—O bond length = 2.0873 (9) Å] in a distorted octa­hedral geometry. In the crystal structure, inter­molecular hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance between phenyl rings = 3.692 (2) Å] link the mol­ecules into a supra­molecular structure.