Acta Cryst. (2011). E67, m1014  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811024822 ]

catena-Poly[[bis(1H-imidazole-N³)copper(II)]--benzene-1,4-dicarboxylato-²O¹:O⁴]

Q. Xu

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C₈H₄O₄)(C₃H₄N₂)₂]_n, the Cu^II atom is four-coordinated by two carboxylate O atoms from two different terephthalate ligands and two N atoms from two imidazole ligands in a slightly distorted square-planar coordination environment. Each terephthalate ligand acts as a bis-monodentate ligand that binds two Cu^II atoms, thus forming two unique chains extending parallel to [110]. The imidazole ligands are attached on both sides of the chains.

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