Abstract

Crystals of {catena-[μ-aqua-O]bis[μ-pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-O,N-O']} {[monoaqua-nitrato, O-calcium(II)] [diaqua-calcium(II)]} contain dimeric units composed of two calcium(II) ions and two ligand molecules, in which the calcium ions are bridged by two bidentate oxygen atoms, each donated by one carboxylic group of the ligand. The Ca(II) ion is also coordinated by one oxygen atom of the second carboxylate group and the hetero-ring nitrogen atom belonging to the same ligand molecule. The dimers form molecular chains through protons situated at the symmetry centers halfway between the non-bridging carboxylate oxygen atoms. In addition, both calcium ions in the dimer are bridged to calcium ions in adjacent dimers - each by a pair water oxygen molecules giving rise to two-dimensional molecular sheets. Coordination of the Ca ion in the dimer is completed either by two water oxygen atoms or by one water oxygen atom and an oxygen atom donated by a nitrate group. The molecular sheets are held together by an extended system of hydrogen bonds.

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