catena-Poly[[aqua[1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzene]cadmium]-3-5-methylisophthalato]

Acta Crystallographica Section E

Structure Reports Online

Volume 67, Part 9 (September 2011)

metal-organic compounds

wm2517 scheme

Acta Cryst. (2011). E67, m1174-m1175 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811030509 ]

catena-Poly[[aqua[1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzene]cadmium]-₃-5-methylisophthalato]

S.-L. Yang, D.-H. Wang and S.-S. Chen

Abstract: In the title coordination polymer, [Cd(C₉H₆O₄)(C₁₂H₁₀N₄)(H₂O)]_n, the Cd^II atom has a NO₆ donor set and is coordinated by five carboxylate O atoms from three different 5-methyl-1,3-phenylenediacetate (pda^2-) anions, one O atom from a water molecule and one N atom from a 1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-4-yl)benzene (L) ligand, displaying a highly distorted pentagonal-bipyramidal geometry. Each pda^2- anion acts as a [mu] ₃-bridge, linking Cd^II atoms to form one-dimensional slabs extending parallel to [010]. In the crystal, adjacent molecules are linked through N-HN and N-HO hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network.