Diaqua-bis-(pyridine-2-carboxyl-ato-κN,O)manganese(II) dimethyl-formamide hemisolvate.

There are two crystallographically independent complex mol-ecules with very similar geometries in the unit cell of the title compound, [Mn(C(6)H(4)NO(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·0.5C(3)H(7)NO. The central ion is situated in a distorted octa-hedral environment of two N- and four O-donor atoms from two pyridine-2-carboxyl-ate ligands and two cis-disposed water mol-ecules.

Aqua-bis(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-κN)(oxalato-κO,O')copper(II).

In the title compound, [Cu(C(2)O(4))(C(5)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)], the Cu(II) atom is coordinated in a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry by two N atoms belonging to the two 3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole ligands, two O atoms of the oxalate anion providing an O,O'-chelating coordination mode, and an O atom of the water mol-ecule occupying the apical position. The crystal packing shows a well defined layer structure. Intra-layer connections are realised through a system of hydrogen bonds while the nature of the inter-layer inter-actions is completely hydro-phobic, including no hydrogen-bonding inter-actions.