title: A three-dimensional supramolecular network built with the zigzag chain complex bis(5-carboxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylato)copper(II).
abstract: In the title complex, poly[copper(II)-di-mu-5-carboxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylato], [Cu(C5H3N2O4)2]n or [Cu(H2Imda)2]n, each imidazole moiety is bonded to the Cu atom via O and N atoms to give a square-planar coordination [Cu-O = 2.014 (2) and 2.016 (2) A, and Cu-N = 1.982 (3) and 1.992 (2) A]. The distorted square-pyramidal geometry at the Cu atom results from coordination to an adjacent O atom [Cu-O = 2.305 (2) A], which generates zigzag chains. There is a sixth, weaker, octahedral coordination to the Cu atom from an inversion-related O atom [Cu-O = 3.090 (2) A], which links the chains into sheets in the (100) plane. Imidazole moieties in the sheets are linked in the [100] direction by pairs of N-H...O and C-H...O hydrogen bonds, thus generating a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yue Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Rong Bin
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lan Sun
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zheng