Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m2696-m2698  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805038316 ]

catena-Poly[[[tris(pyridine-N)copper(II)]--3-carboxylatophenoxyacetato-²O³:O'] trihydrate]

S. Gao and S. W. Ng

Abstract: The 3-carboxyphenoxyacetate ligand in the title compound, [Cu(C₉H₆O₅)(C₅H₅N)₃]·3H₂O, links adjacent tripyridinecopper(II) groups into a helical chain, which runs along the c axis of the hexagonal unit cell. The covalently bonded O atoms occupy trans sites in the basal plane of the square-pyramidal coordination of the Cu atom. The uncoordinated water molecules connect the chains into a three-dimensional network.

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