Bis(ethylenediammonium) μ-ethylenediaminetetraacetato-1κ3O,N,O′:2κ3O′′,N′,O′′′-bis[trioxidomolybdate(VI)] tetrahydrate

The title compound, (C2H10N2)2[(C10H12N2O8)(MoO3)2]·4H2O, which crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group, was obtained by mixing molybdenum oxide, ethylenediamine and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (H4edta) in a 2:4:1 ratio. The complex anion contains two MoO3 units bridged by an edta4− anion. The midpoint of the central C—C bond of the edta4− anion is located on a crystallographic inversion centre. The independent Mo atom is tridentately coordinated by a nitrogen atom and two carboxylate groups of the edta4− ligand, together with the three oxo ligands, producing a distorted octahedral coordination environment. In the three-dimensional supramolecular crystal structure, the dinuclear anions, the organoammonium counter-ions and the solvent water molecules are linked by N—H...Ow, N—H...Oedta and O—H...O hydrogen bonds.