Poly[di-μ-aqua-bis-(μ-2-amino-4-nitro-benzoato)dicaesium

Abstract

In the structure of title compound, [Cs2(C7H5N2O4)2(H2O)2]n, the asymmetric unit contains two independent Cs atoms comprising different coordination polyhedra. One is nine-coordinate, the other seven-coordinate, both having irregular configurations. The CsO9 coordination polyhedron comprises O-atom donors from three bridging water mol­ecules, one of which is doubly bridging, three from carboxyl­ate groups, and three from nitro groups, of which two are bidentate chelate bridging. The CsO6N coordination polyhedron comprises the two bridging water mol­ecules, one amine N-atom donor, one carboxyl­ate O-atom donor and four O-atom donors from nitro groups (two from the chelate bridges). The extension of the dimeric unit gives a three-dimensional polymeric structure, which is stabilized by both intra- and inter­molecular amine N—H⋯O and water O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds to carboxyl­ate O-atom acceptors, as well as inter-ring π–π inter­actions [minimum ring centroid–centroid separation = 3.4172 (15) Å].