MOLECULAR AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF (μ-4,4'-DIPYRIDYL)-BIS [DIAQUA-IMINODIACETATO-COBALT(Ⅱ)] TETRAHYDRATE {[CoNH(CH_2COO)_2(H_2O)_2]_2C_10H_8N_2}·4H_2O

<正> Mr=679.8,monoclinic, C2/m,a = 21.146(3), b = 12.613(1), c = 5.202(3)A,β= 93.26(2) ,V= 1385.1A3,Z = 2,Dx=1.63,Dm=1.64 g.cm-3 λ(MoKα)=0.71073A,μ=13.3cm-1,final R=0.036 for 1427 observed reflections. Bach cobalt atom in the title complex is in six-coordination environment with one bridging dipy ligand, two terminal H2O ligands and one tridentate ininodiacetic acid ligand. The "facial configuration" of the coaplex is compared with "the meridional one" found in corresponding Cu(II) complex.The bridge ligand dipy is tilted out of the coordination plane (N(1)-N(2)-O(1)-O(2) or N(1)-N(2)-0(1')-0(2')) by 47°,which may provide a spin-spin exchange pathway. Another possible magnetic exchange pathway is in the hydrogen-bonding linkage.