Diaqua­bis­(5-methyl-1,2-oxazole-3-car­box­yl­ato-κ(2) N,O (3))cobalt(II) dihydrate

In the title compound, [Co(C(5)H(4)NO(3))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·2H(2)O, the coordination polyhedron around the six-coordinate Co(II) ion is formed by two equatorial 5-methyl­isoxazole-3-carboxyl­ate ligands in an N,O (3)-bidentate fashion through the isoxazole N atom and a carboxyl­ate O atom, and by two axial water ligands. The asymmetric unit consists of half of the complex and one water mol­ecule (the full comlex being completed by application of inversion). In the crystal, the water mol­ecules participate in the formation of an intricate three-dimensional network of hydrogen bonds involving the coordinated water mol­ecule and the carboxyl­ate groups.