title: Aqua(4,4'-oxydibenzoato-kappa O)cadmium(II).
abstract: The Cd atom in the polymeric title compound, [Cd(C(14)H(8)O(5))(H(2)O)](n), is linked to four carboxyl O atoms and a water molecule in a five-coordinate coordination polyhedron that is midway between a square pyramid and a trigonal bipyramid. The Cd atom and the water molecules both lie on the same twofold axis and the central O atom of the 4,4'-oxydibenzoate moiety lies on another twofold axis. Covalent Cd-O bonds lead to the formation of a layer architecture perpendicular to the twofold axis, the layers being held together by hydrogen bonds in the third direction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Wenzhou Normal College, Wenzhou 325027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mao-Lin
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Seik Weng
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ng