A new class of compounds of the family M(H2O)6(OPTA)2 (where M = Co(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II); OPTA = 1-oxopyridinium-2-thioacetato) was prepared from the appropriate metal acetates, 1-oxo-pyridinium-2-thioacetic acid (OPTAH), and potassium hydroxide in hydrothermal media and structurally characterized. The structure is constructed from M(H2O)62+ and two anions of OPTAH (C7H6NO3S) linked through hydrogen bonding into an extended network.
