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Volume 64 
Part 12 
Page o2398  
December 2008  

Received 3 September 2008
Accepted 14 November 2008
Online 20 November 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 291 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.056
wR = 0.173
Data-to-parameter ratio = 13.1
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1,3-Di-4-pyridylpropane-2-hydroxybenzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (1/2)

aCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471022, People's Republic of China, and bCollege of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: jh_q128105@126.com

In the title compound, C13H14N2·2C8H6O5, which crystallized in the monoclinic C2/c space group, the 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane molecules and 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid molecules are alternately linked by O-H...N and O-H...O hydrogen bonds into herringbone/zigzag chains.

Related literature

For general background, see: Bowers et al. (2005[Bowers, J. R., Hopkins, G. W., Yap, G. P. A. & Wheeler, K. A. (2005). Cryst. Growth Des. 5, 727-736.]); Mukherjee et al. (2004[Mukherjee, P. S., Ghoshal, D., Zangrando, E., Mallah, T. & Chaudhuri, N. R. (2004). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 23, 4675-4680.]). For the substitution of bromine for hydroxyl, see: Chen & Tong (2007[Chen, X. M. & Tong, M. L. (2007). Acc. Chem. Res. 40, 162-170.]); Zhang (2005[Zhang, X. M. (2005). Coord. Chem. Rev. 249, 1201-1219.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C13H14N2·2C8H6O5

  • Mr = 562.52

  • Monoclinic, C 2/c

  • a = 22.939 (11) Å

  • b = 4.781 (2) Å

  • c = 24.163 (11) Å

  • [beta] = 96.542 (6)°

  • V = 2633 (2) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.11 mm-1

  • T = 291 (2) K

  • 0.35 × 0.19 × 0.05 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 1997[Bruker (1997). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]) Tmin = 0.963, Tmax = 0.994

  • 9178 measured reflections

  • 2444 independent reflections

  • 1335 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.049

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.056

  • wR(F2) = 0.173

  • S = 1.03

  • 2444 reflections

  • 187 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.39 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.18 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
O4-H4...O5i 0.82 1.82 2.631 (3) 172
O2-H2...N1 0.82 1.75 2.568 (3) 174
O1-H1...O3 0.82 1.79 2.516 (3) 147
Symmetry code: (i) -x+1, -y+4, -z+1.

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1997[Bruker (1997). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 1997[Bruker (1997). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: WW2129 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors thank Luoyang Normal University for supporting this work.

References

Bowers, J. R., Hopkins, G. W., Yap, G. P. A. & Wheeler, K. A. (2005). Cryst. Growth Des. 5, 727-736.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Bruker (1997). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Chen, X. M. & Tong, M. L. (2007). Acc. Chem. Res. 40, 162-170.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Mukherjee, P. S., Ghoshal, D., Zangrando, E., Mallah, T. & Chaudhuri, N. R. (2004). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 23, 4675-4680.  [ISI] [CSD] [CrossRef]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Zhang, X. M. (2005). Coord. Chem. Rev. 249, 1201-1219.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o2398  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808037835 ]

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