(2,2′-Bipyridine)(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato)oxidovanadium(IV) ethanol monosolvate

In the title compound, [V(C7H3NO4)O(C10H8N2)]center dot C2H5OH, the V-IV atom exhibits a distorted octahedral coordination environment formed by two pyridyl N atoms of 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), the vanadyl O atom, and two carboxylate O atoms and one pyridyl N atom of the tridentate pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate (pydc(2-)) ligand. The pyridyl N atom of the pydc(2-) anion and one pyridyl N atom of bpy occupy the axial positions. O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds involving the ethanol solvent molecule as donor and a carboxylate O atom as acceptor atoms, as well as C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds, together with pi-pi stacking interactions between adjacent aromatic rings (average centroid-centroid distance = 3.577 angstrom), seem to be effective in the stabilization of the crystal packing, resulting in the formation of a three-dimensional structure.