%0 Journal Article %T Bis(1-methyl-4-oxoimidazolidin-2-iminium) diaquabis(pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylato-κ2N,O2)zincate(II) dihydrate %A Hossein Aghabozorg %A Fatemeh Jafarbak %A Masoud Mirzaei %A Behrouz Notash %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2011 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536811008452 %X In the title compound, (C4H8N3O)2[Zn(C7H3NO4)2(H2O)2]¡¤2H2O, the ZnII ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry by two pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate (pydc) ligands in the equatorial plane and two water molecules in the axial positions. The pydc ligands act as bidentate chelating ligands through one carboxylate O atom and the pyridine N atom. Intermolecular N¡ªH...O, O¡ªH...O and weak C¡ªH...O hydrogen bonds stabilize the crystal structure. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811008452