title: catena-Poly[[aqua(2,2'-bipyridine-kappa2N,N')manganese(II)]-mu-terephthalato-kappa3O,O':O"].
abstract: The title complex, [Mn(C(8)H(4)O(4))(C(10)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)](n), takes the form of a zigzag chain, with the terephthalate dianion (tp) acting as a tridentate ligand. The Mn(II) center is surrounded by two tp ligands, one water molecule and one 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) ligand and exhibits a severely distorted octahedral coordination environment, with cis angles ranging from 57.31 (8) to 123.97 (11) degrees. The complete solid-state structure can be described as a three-dimensional supramolecular framework stabilized by hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the coordinated water molecule and the carboxy O atoms of the tp ligands, and by pi-pi stacking interactions involving the bipy rings and the benzene ring of the tp ligand.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Bing
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ming-Qiang
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Chun-Xia
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chang-Neng
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qiu-Tian
authors.initials: QT
authors.lastname: Liu