catena-Poly[[aqua­(2-iodo­benzoato-κO)cobalt(II)]-μ-aqua-μ-2-iodo­benzoato-κ(2) O:O′]

The asymmetric unit of the polymeric title compound, [Co(C(7)H(4)IO(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)](n), contains one Co(II) cation, two iodo­benzoate anions and two water mol­ecules. One iodo­benzoate anion and one water mol­ecule bridge adjacent Co cations, forming a polymeric chain running along the a axis, while the other iodo­benzoate anion and water mol­ecule coordinate in a monodentate manner to the Co(II) cation, completing the slightly distorted octa­hedral geometry. In the two independent anionic ligands, the carboxyl­ate groups are twisted away from the attached benzene rings by 51.38 (18) and 39.89 (11)°, and the two benzene rings are nearly perpendicular to each other with a dihedral angle of 86.09 (10)°. Intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between coordinating water mol­ecules and adjacent carboxyl­ate O atoms help to stabilize the mol­ecular structure. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the polymeric chains into a three-dimentional supra­molecular network.