Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m2612  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807046879 ]

catena-Poly[[bis(1-ethyl-1H-imidazole-N³)copper(II)]--benzene-1,4-dicarboxylato]

G.-B. Che, Y. Liu, L. Lu, J. Sun and J. Wang

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C₈H₄O₄)(C₅H₈N₂)₂]_n, each Cu^II atom is four-coordinated by two carboxylate O atoms from two different benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate (1,4-BDC) ligands and two N atoms from two 1-ethyl-1H-imidazole (EI) ligands in a slightly distorted square-planar coordination environment. There are two Cu atoms, both with site symmetry . Each 1,4-BDC acts as a bis-monodentate ligand that binds two Cu^II atoms, thus forming two unique chains. The EI ligands are attached on both sides of the chains.

Online 29 September 2007

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