Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m910-m912  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807008471 ]

catena-Poly[[bis(3-pyridylmethanol-N)copper(II)]--oxalato-1²O¹,O²:2²O^1',O^2']

J. Jasková, D. Miklos, P. Segla, R. Sillanpää and J. Moncol

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C₂O₄)(C₆H₇NO)₂]_n, the Cu^II atom is six-coordinated in a slightly deformed elongated octahedral arrangement and the 3-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine ligand, surprisingly, acts as a monodentate ligand coordinated only through the N atom of the pyridine ring. The oxalate ligands, on inversion centres, bridge the metal ions, forming infinite chains. The chains are linked by intermolecular O-HO hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network.

Online 28 February 2007

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