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metal-organic compounds
catena-Poly[[aquadipyridinecopper(II)]-μ-fumarato]
aState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals and School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: ninggl@dlut.edu.cn
The title compound, [Cu(C4H2O4)(C5H5N)2(H2O)]n, is a one-dimensional coordination polymer based on pyridine and fumarate ligands. Each CuII cation is coordinated by two carboxylate O atoms belonging to two fumarate anions, two N atoms from two pyridine molecules and one water molecule, in a square-based pyramidal geometry. Each fumarate anion bridges two CuII cations through the two carboxylate groups in a bis-monodentate fashion to form a one-dimensional polymeric chain along the c axis. Neighbouring chains are linked together to form a two-dimensional network parallel to the ac plane via hydrogen bonding interactions between uncoordinated carboxylate O atoms and coordinated water molecules of adjecent chains.
Related literature
For related literature, see: Barthelet et al. (2002); Che et al. (2006
); Dalai et al. (2002
); Rao et al. (2004
); Yaghi et al. (1998
).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1997); cell SAINT (Bruker, 1997
); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997
); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807063738/ci2529sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807063738/ci2529Isup2.hkl
A solid mixture of Cu(NO3)2.6H2O (0.120 g, 0.5 mmol) and fumaric acid (0.06 g, 0.5 mmol) was dissolved in a 25 ml vial containing DMF (10 ml). The solution was stirred in air for 50 min and the vial was placed in a 80 ml beaker containing pyridine (3 ml) and DMF (5 ml). The reaction mixture was sealed by parafilm and kept at 333 K. Block-shaped blue crystals of the title compound were obtained after 5 d.
C-bound H atoms were placed in calculated positions (C—H = 0.93 Å) and refined in the riding-model approximation with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C). O-bound H atoms were located in a difference map and refined in the riding-model approximation, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(O).
refined to 0.50 (2) indicating that the crystal used was a racemic twin (Flack, 1983).Recently, the design and construction of coordination polymers have attracted great attention due to their rich network topologies and potential applications (Yaghi et al., 1998). Organic O– and N-donors are often chosen to fabricate these complexes. A number of metal-organic frameworks with extended structures and novel adsorption and magnetic properties have been synthesized based on aromatic dicarboxylate ligands (Barthelet et al., 2002; Rao et al., 2004). Compared with benzenedicarboxylic acid, the alkenedicarboxylic acid is also regarded as an excellent candidate for the self-assembly of coordination polymers. Fumaric acid ligand is the typical example of alkenedicarboxylic acid ligand. As far as we know, several coordination polymers based on fumaric acid have been obtained (Che et al., 2006; Dalai et al., 2002). We report here the
of the title coordination polymer, [Cu(C4H2O4)(C5NH5)2(H2O)]n.The
of the title compound consists of one CuII cation, one fumarate dianion, two pyridine ligands and one water molecule (Fig. 1). The CuII cation has a square-based pyramidal geometry formed by two carboxylate O atoms from two fumarate ligands, two N atoms from two pyridine molecules and one water molecule. The four basal coordination sites are filled by the atoms O1, N1, N2 and O4i, while the axial position is occupied by the atom O5. The Cu—O distances are in the range 1.925 (2)–2.210 (3) Å and the Cu—N distances are 2.030 (4) and 2.031 (3) Å. These values are in good agreement with those found in other extended structures (Dalai et al., 2002). The angles subtended at the metal centre are listed in Table 1. Each fumarate dianion acts as a µ2-bridging ligand to connect two CuII centers to form a chain structure along the c axis, with a Cu···Cu distance of 8.743 (4) Å. The chains are further packed into a two-dimensional network parallel to the ac plane through O—H···O hydrogen bonding interactions between the water molecule and uncoordinated carboxylate O atoms of fumarate ligands of adjacent chains (Fig. 2). Each pyridine, as a terminal ligand, occupies two coordination positions of CuII cation and decorates alternately at two sides of chains (Fig. 3).For related literature, see: Barthelet et al. (2002); Che et al. (2006); Dalai et al. (2002); Rao et al. (2004); Yaghi et al. (1998).
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1997); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 1997); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997).[Cu(C4H2O4)(C5H5N)2(H2O)] | F(000) = 724 |
Mr = 353.81 | Dx = 1.564 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 2169 reflections |
a = 5.6238 (6) Å | θ = 2.3–27.5° |
b = 15.3174 (16) Å | µ = 1.48 mm−1 |
c = 17.4404 (16) Å | T = 273 K |
V = 1502.4 (3) Å3 | Block, blue |
Z = 4 | 0.32 × 0.32 × 0.22 mm |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3330 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2520 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.034 |
Detector resolution: Bruker SMART CCD area-detector pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.3° |
φ and ω scans | h = −7→7 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | k = −18→19 |
Tmin = 0.648, Tmax = 0.732 | l = −22→22 |
9106 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.116 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0579P)2 + 0.6209P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.03 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
3330 reflections | Δρmax = 0.70 e Å−3 |
199 parameters | Δρmin = −0.33 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), with 1347 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: 0.50 (2) |
[Cu(C4H2O4)(C5H5N)2(H2O)] | V = 1502.4 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 353.81 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 5.6238 (6) Å | µ = 1.48 mm−1 |
b = 15.3174 (16) Å | T = 273 K |
c = 17.4404 (16) Å | 0.32 × 0.32 × 0.22 mm |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3330 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 2520 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.648, Tmax = 0.732 | Rint = 0.034 |
9106 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.116 | Δρmax = 0.70 e Å−3 |
S = 1.03 | Δρmin = −0.33 e Å−3 |
3330 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), with 1347 Friedel pairs |
199 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.50 (2) |
0 restraints |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Cu1 | 0.25711 (11) | 0.97944 (3) | 0.87637 (2) | 0.03127 (15) | |
O1 | 0.2678 (6) | 0.9836 (2) | 0.76609 (13) | 0.0420 (7) | |
O2 | −0.1160 (6) | 0.9684 (3) | 0.74117 (16) | 0.0595 (10) | |
O3 | 0.6212 (6) | 0.9782 (3) | 0.50624 (16) | 0.0573 (9) | |
O4 | 0.2510 (6) | 1.02406 (18) | 0.48704 (12) | 0.0404 (6) | |
O5 | 0.6495 (5) | 0.9721 (2) | 0.87740 (15) | 0.0526 (8) | |
H5B | 0.7218 | 0.9792 | 0.8313 | 0.063* | |
H5A | 0.7522 | 0.9928 | 0.9109 | 0.063* | |
N1 | 0.2274 (7) | 0.8475 (2) | 0.87281 (18) | 0.0414 (8) | |
N2 | 0.2434 (7) | 1.1119 (2) | 0.87979 (17) | 0.0411 (7) | |
C1 | 0.0911 (8) | 0.9761 (3) | 0.7220 (2) | 0.0338 (9) | |
C2 | 0.1466 (8) | 0.9824 (3) | 0.6380 (2) | 0.0356 (10) | |
H2 | 0.0221 | 0.9820 | 0.6030 | 0.043* | |
C3 | 0.3656 (9) | 0.9883 (3) | 0.6126 (2) | 0.0345 (10) | |
H3 | 0.4903 | 0.9872 | 0.6476 | 0.041* | |
C4 | 0.4217 (9) | 0.9968 (2) | 0.5281 (2) | 0.0320 (11) | |
C5 | 0.0718 (10) | 0.8032 (4) | 0.9141 (3) | 0.0586 (14) | |
H5 | −0.0377 | 0.8337 | 0.9438 | 0.070* | |
C6 | 0.0664 (13) | 0.7118 (4) | 0.9146 (4) | 0.083 (2) | |
H6 | −0.0454 | 0.6822 | 0.9440 | 0.100* | |
C7 | 0.2251 (13) | 0.6674 (4) | 0.8719 (4) | 0.087 (2) | |
H7 | 0.2249 | 0.6067 | 0.8716 | 0.105* | |
C8 | 0.3846 (13) | 0.7123 (4) | 0.8294 (4) | 0.086 (2) | |
H8 | 0.4958 | 0.6827 | 0.7998 | 0.103* | |
C9 | 0.3818 (11) | 0.8019 (4) | 0.8303 (3) | 0.0606 (14) | |
H9 | 0.4911 | 0.8320 | 0.8003 | 0.073* | |
C10 | 0.0860 (10) | 1.1570 (3) | 0.8377 (3) | 0.0581 (15) | |
H10 | −0.0264 | 1.1269 | 0.8088 | 0.070* | |
C11 | 0.0874 (12) | 1.2476 (4) | 0.8363 (4) | 0.080 (2) | |
H11 | −0.0234 | 1.2776 | 0.8067 | 0.095* | |
C12 | 0.2507 (12) | 1.2924 (3) | 0.8781 (3) | 0.0804 (17) | |
H12 | 0.2544 | 1.3530 | 0.8771 | 0.096* | |
C13 | 0.4077 (11) | 1.2468 (4) | 0.9211 (4) | 0.0752 (19) | |
H13 | 0.5201 | 1.2761 | 0.9505 | 0.090* | |
C14 | 0.4004 (9) | 1.1567 (3) | 0.9211 (3) | 0.0538 (13) | |
H14 | 0.5091 | 1.1262 | 0.9511 | 0.065* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cu1 | 0.0335 (2) | 0.0455 (3) | 0.01487 (19) | 0.0008 (4) | −0.0003 (2) | −0.0007 (2) |
O1 | 0.0401 (18) | 0.0715 (17) | 0.0145 (11) | −0.003 (2) | −0.0026 (13) | 0.0035 (12) |
O2 | 0.039 (2) | 0.115 (3) | 0.0241 (14) | −0.006 (2) | 0.0066 (13) | −0.0059 (19) |
O3 | 0.0350 (19) | 0.108 (3) | 0.0286 (15) | 0.009 (2) | 0.0072 (13) | 0.0122 (18) |
O4 | 0.0478 (18) | 0.0552 (15) | 0.0180 (11) | 0.010 (3) | 0.0002 (15) | 0.0010 (12) |
O5 | 0.0291 (14) | 0.101 (3) | 0.0279 (15) | −0.0031 (16) | −0.0005 (12) | −0.013 (2) |
N1 | 0.046 (2) | 0.0493 (19) | 0.0295 (16) | 0.001 (2) | −0.002 (2) | −0.0013 (15) |
N2 | 0.0424 (18) | 0.0470 (19) | 0.0340 (16) | −0.007 (2) | −0.001 (3) | 0.0016 (15) |
C1 | 0.034 (2) | 0.047 (2) | 0.0204 (17) | 0.001 (2) | 0.0036 (15) | −0.005 (2) |
C2 | 0.033 (2) | 0.050 (2) | 0.023 (2) | 0.004 (2) | −0.0031 (16) | −0.003 (2) |
C3 | 0.041 (2) | 0.042 (3) | 0.020 (2) | −0.0003 (19) | −0.0036 (16) | 0.0008 (17) |
C4 | 0.033 (3) | 0.041 (3) | 0.0226 (19) | −0.0061 (16) | −0.0010 (16) | 0.0006 (15) |
C5 | 0.060 (4) | 0.053 (3) | 0.063 (3) | −0.001 (3) | 0.000 (3) | 0.000 (3) |
C6 | 0.078 (5) | 0.065 (4) | 0.107 (5) | −0.016 (4) | −0.013 (4) | 0.020 (4) |
C7 | 0.067 (4) | 0.047 (3) | 0.147 (7) | 0.005 (3) | −0.043 (6) | −0.008 (4) |
C8 | 0.072 (5) | 0.063 (4) | 0.122 (6) | 0.015 (4) | −0.014 (4) | −0.037 (4) |
C9 | 0.058 (4) | 0.056 (3) | 0.068 (4) | 0.003 (3) | −0.002 (3) | −0.015 (3) |
C10 | 0.070 (4) | 0.045 (3) | 0.059 (3) | −0.001 (3) | −0.018 (3) | 0.005 (2) |
C11 | 0.085 (5) | 0.052 (4) | 0.102 (5) | 0.010 (3) | −0.031 (4) | 0.007 (3) |
C12 | 0.082 (4) | 0.046 (3) | 0.114 (5) | −0.008 (4) | −0.008 (6) | 0.001 (3) |
C13 | 0.070 (4) | 0.050 (3) | 0.106 (5) | −0.010 (3) | −0.027 (4) | −0.015 (3) |
C14 | 0.045 (3) | 0.057 (3) | 0.059 (3) | −0.006 (2) | −0.014 (2) | −0.002 (3) |
Cu1—O1 | 1.925 (2) | C3—H3 | 0.93 |
Cu1—O4i | 1.931 (2) | C5—C6 | 1.400 (8) |
Cu1—N2 | 2.031 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.93 |
Cu1—N1 | 2.030 (4) | C6—C7 | 1.347 (9) |
Cu1—O5 | 2.210 (3) | C6—H6 | 0.93 |
O1—C1 | 1.262 (5) | C7—C8 | 1.351 (9) |
O2—C1 | 1.218 (5) | C7—H7 | 0.93 |
O3—C4 | 1.219 (5) | C8—C9 | 1.372 (8) |
O4—C4 | 1.268 (5) | C8—H8 | 0.93 |
O4—Cu1ii | 1.931 (2) | C9—H9 | 0.93 |
O5—H5B | 0.91 | C10—C11 | 1.388 (8) |
O5—H5A | 0.88 | C10—H10 | 0.93 |
N1—C5 | 1.321 (6) | C11—C12 | 1.358 (8) |
N1—C9 | 1.338 (6) | C11—H11 | 0.93 |
N2—C14 | 1.330 (6) | C12—C13 | 1.352 (8) |
N2—C10 | 1.342 (6) | C12—H12 | 0.93 |
C1—C2 | 1.501 (5) | C13—C14 | 1.381 (7) |
C2—C3 | 1.312 (6) | C13—H13 | 0.93 |
C2—H2 | 0.93 | C14—H14 | 0.93 |
C3—C4 | 1.513 (5) | ||
O1—Cu1—O4i | 179.45 (15) | O4—C4—C3 | 114.9 (4) |
O1—Cu1—N2 | 89.83 (13) | N1—C5—C6 | 122.1 (6) |
O4i—Cu1—N2 | 89.86 (12) | N1—C5—H5 | 119.0 |
O1—Cu1—N1 | 90.30 (13) | C6—C5—H5 | 119.0 |
O4i—Cu1—N1 | 90.06 (12) | C7—C6—C5 | 119.2 (7) |
N2—Cu1—N1 | 173.11 (17) | C7—C6—H6 | 120.4 |
O1—Cu1—O5 | 88.78 (12) | C5—C6—H6 | 120.4 |
O4i—Cu1—O5 | 90.80 (12) | C6—C7—C8 | 119.0 (6) |
N2—Cu1—O5 | 95.07 (15) | C6—C7—H7 | 120.5 |
N1—Cu1—O5 | 91.82 (15) | C8—C7—H7 | 120.5 |
C1—O1—Cu1 | 125.5 (3) | C7—C8—C9 | 119.7 (7) |
C4—O4—Cu1ii | 124.9 (3) | C7—C8—H8 | 120.1 |
Cu1—O5—H5B | 115.7 | C9—C8—H8 | 120.1 |
Cu1—O5—H5A | 130.0 | N1—C9—C8 | 122.4 (6) |
H5B—O5—H5A | 104.5 | N1—C9—H9 | 118.8 |
C5—N1—C9 | 117.6 (5) | C8—C9—H9 | 118.8 |
C5—N1—Cu1 | 123.3 (3) | N2—C10—C11 | 121.4 (5) |
C9—N1—Cu1 | 118.9 (4) | N2—C10—H10 | 119.3 |
C14—N2—C10 | 117.9 (4) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.3 |
C14—N2—Cu1 | 120.4 (3) | C12—C11—C10 | 120.0 (6) |
C10—N2—Cu1 | 121.6 (3) | C12—C11—H11 | 120.0 |
O2—C1—O1 | 126.5 (4) | C10—C11—H11 | 120.0 |
O2—C1—C2 | 118.2 (4) | C13—C12—C11 | 118.6 (6) |
O1—C1—C2 | 115.2 (4) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.7 |
C3—C2—C1 | 122.0 (4) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.7 |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.0 | C12—C13—C14 | 119.8 (5) |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.0 | C12—C13—H13 | 120.1 |
C2—C3—C4 | 122.1 (4) | C14—C13—H13 | 120.1 |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.0 | N2—C14—C13 | 122.4 (5) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.0 | N2—C14—H14 | 118.8 |
O3—C4—O4 | 126.7 (4) | C13—C14—H14 | 118.8 |
O3—C4—C3 | 118.4 (4) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, −y+2, z+1/2; (ii) −x+1/2, −y+2, z−1/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O5—H5B···O2iii | 0.91 | 1.82 | 2.718 (4) | 167 |
O5—H5A···O3iv | 0.88 | 1.86 | 2.700 (4) | 158 |
Symmetry codes: (iii) x+1, y, z; (iv) −x+3/2, −y+2, z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Cu(C4H2O4)(C5H5N)2(H2O)] |
Mr | 353.81 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 273 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.6238 (6), 15.3174 (16), 17.4404 (16) |
V (Å3) | 1502.4 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 1.48 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.32 × 0.32 × 0.22 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.648, 0.732 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 9106, 3330, 2520 |
Rint | 0.034 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.046, 0.116, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 3330 |
No. of parameters | 199 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.70, −0.33 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), with 1347 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.50 (2) |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 1997), SAINT (Bruker, 1997), SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997).
Cu1—O1 | 1.925 (2) | Cu1—N1 | 2.030 (4) |
Cu1—O4i | 1.931 (2) | Cu1—O5 | 2.210 (3) |
Cu1—N2 | 2.031 (3) | ||
O1—Cu1—O4i | 179.45 (15) | N2—Cu1—N1 | 173.11 (17) |
O1—Cu1—N2 | 89.83 (13) | O1—Cu1—O5 | 88.78 (12) |
O4i—Cu1—N2 | 89.86 (12) | O4i—Cu1—O5 | 90.80 (12) |
O1—Cu1—N1 | 90.30 (13) | N2—Cu1—O5 | 95.07 (15) |
O4i—Cu1—N1 | 90.06 (12) | N1—Cu1—O5 | 91.82 (15) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1/2, −y+2, z+1/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O5—H5B···O2ii | 0.91 | 1.82 | 2.718 (4) | 167 |
O5—H5A···O3iii | 0.88 | 1.86 | 2.700 (4) | 158 |
Symmetry codes: (ii) x+1, y, z; (iii) −x+3/2, −y+2, z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 20772014).
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Recently, the design and construction of coordination polymers have attracted great attention due to their rich network topologies and potential applications (Yaghi et al., 1998). Organic O– and N-donors are often chosen to fabricate these complexes. A number of metal-organic frameworks with extended structures and novel adsorption and magnetic properties have been synthesized based on aromatic dicarboxylate ligands (Barthelet et al., 2002; Rao et al., 2004). Compared with benzenedicarboxylic acid, the alkenedicarboxylic acid is also regarded as an excellent candidate for the self-assembly of coordination polymers. Fumaric acid ligand is the typical example of alkenedicarboxylic acid ligand. As far as we know, several coordination polymers based on fumaric acid have been obtained (Che et al., 2006; Dalai et al., 2002). We report here the crystal structure of the title coordination polymer, [Cu(C4H2O4)(C5NH5)2(H2O)]n.
The asymmetric unit of the title compound consists of one CuII cation, one fumarate dianion, two pyridine ligands and one water molecule (Fig. 1). The CuII cation has a square-based pyramidal geometry formed by two carboxylate O atoms from two fumarate ligands, two N atoms from two pyridine molecules and one water molecule. The four basal coordination sites are filled by the atoms O1, N1, N2 and O4i, while the axial position is occupied by the atom O5. The Cu—O distances are in the range 1.925 (2)–2.210 (3) Å and the Cu—N distances are 2.030 (4) and 2.031 (3) Å. These values are in good agreement with those found in other extended structures (Dalai et al., 2002). The angles subtended at the metal centre are listed in Table 1. Each fumarate dianion acts as a µ2-bridging ligand to connect two CuII centers to form a chain structure along the c axis, with a Cu···Cu distance of 8.743 (4) Å. The chains are further packed into a two-dimensional network parallel to the ac plane through O—H···O hydrogen bonding interactions between the water molecule and uncoordinated carboxylate O atoms of fumarate ligands of adjacent chains (Fig. 2). Each pyridine, as a terminal ligand, occupies two coordination positions of CuII cation and decorates alternately at two sides of chains (Fig. 3).