Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m447  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808003152 ]

Diaquabis(4-formylbenzoato-O)zinc(II)

Z.-P. Deng, S. Gao, L.-H. Huo and S. W. Ng

Abstract: The Zn^II atom in the title compound, [Zn(C₈H₅O₃)₂(H₂O)₂], which lies on a twofold rotation axis, is coordinated by two monodentate carboxylate groups and two water molecules in a tetrahedral geometry; the geometry is distorted towards octahedral owing to two long ZnO_carbonyl contacts [2.512 (2) Å]. Hydrogen-bonding interactions give rise to a three-dimensional network. The formyl group is disordered approximately equally over two positions.

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