Chloridobis((E)-2-{(Z)-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)(oxido)methylene]hydrazono}-propanoato)bismuth(III) pentahydrate.

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Bi(C10H9-N2O4)2Cl]·5H2O, contains the BiIII complex and five solvent water molecules. The Bi atom is chelated by four O atoms and two N atoms of two (E)-2-{(Z)-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)oxidomethylene] hydrazono}propanoate ligands. A chloride anion completes the coordination environment, with the sevencoordinate Bi atom adopting a distorted capped octahedral geometry. The molecules are connected by extensive O—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the solvent water molecules into a two-dimensional supramolecular network. One water molecule is disordered over two sites with almost equal occupancy factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]