Diaqua­bis­(N,N-diethyl­nicotinamide-κN (1))bis­(4-ethyl­benzoato-κO)cobalt(II)

The title Co(II) complex, [Co(C(9)H(9)O(2))(2)(C(10)H(14)N(2)O)(2)(H(2)O)(2)], contains two 4-ethyl­benzoate (PEB), two monodentate diethyl­nicotinamide (DENA) ligands and two water mol­ecules. The four O atoms in the equatorial plane around the Co(II) ion form a slightly distorted square-planar arrangement, while the slightly distorted octa­hedral coordination is completed by the two N atoms of the DENA ligands in the axial positions. Intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the water mol­ecules to the carboxyl­ate groups. The dihedral angles between the carboxyl­ate groups and the adjacent benzene rings are 4.52 (18) and 4.56 (18)°, while the pyridine rings and the benzene rings are oriented at dihedral angles of 7.76 (10) and 5.67 (13)°. In the crystal, inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into chains propagating along [010]. C—H⋯O inter­actions and a π–π contact between the pyridine rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.476 (2) Å] are also observed.