“…1), the tenfold coordination of the Ba1 atom (Table 1) is formed by the O2, O5, O1 and O2 atoms of two 4-nitro-2,3,5,6tetraoxopyridine-4-ide anions (L), the O7, O8 and O7A atoms of two oxalate anions, and the O9, O9A and O10 atoms of water molecules. The Ba-O bond lengths fall in the range 2.698 (3)-2.978 (3) Å , which is typical for ten-coordinate barium complexes containing oxalate anions (Viciano-Chumillas et al, 2010;Heinl et al, 2002;Marinescu et al, 2005;Belombe et al, 2003Belombe et al, , 2012Larsson, 2001;Bouayad et al, 1995;Iveson et al, 2011). The L anion has a flattened skeleton.…”