%0 Journal Article %T Tetraaquabis(3,5-dinitrobenzoato-¦ÊO1)magnesium tetrahydrate %A Graham Smith %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2013 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s160053681300682x %X In the structure of the title compound, [Mg(C7H3N2O6)2(H2O)4]¡¤4H2O, the slightly distorted octahedral MgO6 coordination polyhedron comprises two trans-related carboxylate O-atom donors from mononodentate 3,5-dinitrobenzoate ligands, and four water molecules. The coordinating water molecules and the four water molecules of solvation give both intra- and inter-unit O¡ªH...O hydrogen-bonding interactions with carboxylate, water and nitro O-atom acceptors, forming a three-dimensional structure. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S160053681300682X