Poly[diammonium [(?(4)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetra-carboxyl-ato)zincate] tetra-hydrate].

ABSTRACT: In the title compound, {(NH(4))(2)[Zn(C(8)H(6)O(8))]·4H(2)O}(n), the asymmetric unit contains one ammonium cation, half of a butane-1,2,3,4-tetra-carboxyl-ate anion, one Zn(2+) cation and two water mol-ecules. The butane-1,2,3,4-tetra-carboxyl-ate ligand is located about an inversion centre at the mid-point of the central C-C bond. The Zn(2+) cation is situated on a twofold rotation axis and is surrounded by four O atoms from four symmetry-related butane-1,2,3,4-tetra-carboxyl-ate anions in a distorted tetra-hedral environment. In turn, each anion coordinates to four Zn(2+) cations. The bridging mode of the anions leads to a three-dimensional framework structure with channels extending along [110] and [010] in which the ammonium cations and the water mol-ecules are located. N-H?O and O-H?O hydrogen bonding between the cations and water mol-ecules and the uncoordinating O atoms of the carboxyl-ate groups consolidates the crystal packing.

SUBMITTER: Jin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3470150 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature