title: catena-Poly[[bis-[2-(2-pyrid-yl)-1-H-imidazole-κN,N]cadmium]-μ-benzene-1,3-dicarboxyl-ato-κO:O].
abstract: In the title coordinaltion polymer, [Cd(C(8)H(4)O(4))(C(8)H(7)N(3))(2)](n), the Cd(II) atom, lying on a twofold rotation axis, is six-coordinated by two carboxyl-ate O atoms from two benzene-1,3-dicarboxyl-ate (m-BDC) ligands and four N atoms from two chelating 2-(2-pyrid-yl)imidazole mol-ecules, forming a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry. The m-BDC ligand is located over a twofold rotation axis. The Cd(II) atoms are bridged by the m-BDC ligands, leading to a wave-shaped chain structure along [010]. N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect the chains.
authors.forename: Chun-Jiang
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Jing-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu-Jia
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Li