title: Anhydrous lead(II) heptanoate.
abstract: The title compound, catena-poly[[(heptanoato-O,O')lead(II)]-micro-heptanoato-O,O':O:O'], [Pb(C(7)H(13)O(2))(2)], is a metallic soap which can be used as a corrosion inhibitor since it forms a passive film at the Pb surface. Its structure is characterized by two-dimensional layers parallel to the bc plane. The layers are packed through van der Waals interactions along the a direction and form blocks parallel to (001). The 6s(2) lone pair of electrons on Pb(II) is stereochemically active in this compound, which leads to a hemidirected octahedral geometry for the O-environment around the Pb atoms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Minéral, UMR 7555, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy I, Faculté des Sciences, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre lés Nancy CEDEX, France. francoise.lacouture@lcsm.uhp-nancy.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lacouture
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Didierjean
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rocca
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinmetz