title: catena-Poly[[aqua-copper(II)]-μ-[(S)-N-(2-hydroxy-benz-yl)-l-aspartato]].
abstract: The title compound, [Cu(C(11)H(11)NO(5))(H(2)O)](n), was obtained by the reaction of Cu(NO(3))(2) and the homochiral organic ligand (S)-N-(2-hydroxy-benz-yl)-l-aspartic acid (S-H(3)sasp). The Cu(II) ion has a distorted square-pyramidal geometry and is coordinated by one N atom and three O atoms from the organic ligand and one O atom from a water mol-ecule. The carboxyl O atoms of the ligands bridge the Cu atoms to form an infinite one-dimensional zigzag chain. Inter-molecular hydrogen bonds link these chains into a two-dimensional arrangement.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bai-Wang
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Sun