Crystal Structure, Thermal Decomposition Behavior and the Standard Molar Enthalpy of Formation of a Novel 3D Hydrogen- Bonded Supramolecular [Co（HnicO）2·（H2O）2]

Hydrothermal synthesis and X-ray characterized 3D supramolecular networks were constructed by [Co（HnicO）2·（H2O）2] （HnicOH=2-hydroxynicofinic acid） （1） as building block via abundant dimeric homomeric （N--H…O） and unusually cyclic tetrameric heteromeric （O-H…O） hydrogen-bonds. It is noted that there exist unusually linear metal-water chains comprised of tetrameric units linked by vertexes sharing cobalt centers through hydrogen-bonding. TG-DTG curves illustrated that thermal decomposition was completed by two steps, one is the loss of two terminal water molecules in the range of 156--234℃, and the other is the pyrolysis of HnicO ligand in the range of 234--730 ℃. The standard molar enthalpy of formation of the complex was determined to be （-1845.43± 2.77） kJ·mol^-1 by a rotary-bomb combustion calorimeter.