Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m756-m757  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809021618 ]

catena-Poly[[bis(4-carboxycyclohexanecarboxylato-²O¹,O^1')cadmium(II)]--1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene-²N³:N^3']

B.-B. Li and B. Xiao

Abstract: In the title coordination polymer, [Cd(C₈H₁₁O₄)₂(C₁₄H₁₄N₄)]_n, the Cd atom (site symmetry 2) is six-coordinated by two O,O'-bidentate 4-carboxycyclohexanecarboxylate (Hchdc) ligands and two N atoms from two different 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (1,4-bix) molecules in a very distorted cis-CdN₂O₄ octahedral environment. The 1,4-bix molecules act as bridging ligands that bind two Cd^II atoms, thus forming an infinite chain propagating in [100], which is decorated by the Hchdc anions. The structure is completed by O-HO hydrogen bonds, which link the chains together.

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