Two inorganic-organic hybrid compounds with the formula M(4,4'-bipy)(H
2O)V
2Se
2O
10 (M = Co, Ni) werehydrothermally synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds Co(4,4'-bipy)(H
2O)V
2Se
2O
10 (
1) and Ni(4,4'-bipy)(H
2O)V
2Se
2O
10 (
2), which are structural analogues, crystallize in the triclinic spacegroup
P with crystal data
a = 7.9665(3) Å,
b = 8.1974(3) Å,
c = 13.8096(4) Å,
= 85.704(2)
,
=73.5180(10)
,
= 75.645(2)
,
V = 837.76(5) Å
3, and
Z = 2 and
a = 7.9489(19) Å,
b = 8.128(2) Å,
c = 13.709Å,
= 85.838(6)
,
= 73.736(8)
,
= 75.594(9)
,
V = 823.5(4) Å
3, and
Z = 2, respectively. [M(4,4'-bipy)(H
2O)V
2Se
2O
10] (M = Co, Ni) have a three-dimensional structure and consist of two subunits, [(VO
2)(SeO
3)]
-infinite chains and [M(4,4'-bipy)(H
2O)]
2+ fragments. The [(VO
2)(SeO
3)]
- chains are composed of [V
2Se
4O
14]
4- clusterslinked by VO
4N triangular bipyramids. The 4,4'-bipy molecule as a bifunctional organic ligand is directly linked toCo or Ni and V atoms, affording the three-dimensionality. The compounds were characterized by infrared spectroscopyand differential thermal and thermogravimetric analyses.