Catena-Poly[[[aquazinc(II)]-bis[μ-(p-phenylenedioxy)diacetato]-zinc(II)-μ-1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-l-yl)butane] dihydrate

Abstract

In the title compound, {[Zn2(C10H8O6)2(C10H14N4)(H2O)2]·2H2O} n , the ZnII atom is six-coordinated by one N atom from one 1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-l-yl)butane ligand and five O atoms from two different (p-phenylenedioxy)diacetate ligands and one water molecule in a very distorted ZnNO5 octahedral environment. Two (p-phenylenedioxy)diacetate ligands bridge two ZnII atoms to form a dimer. The dimers are further linked by the centrosymmetric 1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-l-yl)butane ligands, thus forming a chain structure. O—H...O hydrogen bonds link the chains, forming a three-dimensional supramolecular network.