title: catena-Poly[[bis-(4-carboxy-cyclo-hexane-carboxyl-ato-κO,O)cadmium(II)]-μ-1,4-bis-(imidazol-1-ylmeth-yl)benzene-κN:N].
abstract: In the title coordination polymer, [Cd(C(8)H(11)O(4))(2)(C(14)H(14)N(4))](n), the Cd atom (site symmetry 2) is six-coordin-ated by two O,O'-bidentate 4-carboxy-cyclo-hexa-necarboxyl-ate (Hchdc) ligands and two N atoms from two different 1,4-bis-(imidazol-1-ylmeth-yl)benzene (1,4-bix) mol-ecules in a very distorted cis-CdN(2)O(4) octa-hedral environment. The 1,4-bix mol-ecules act as bridging ligands that bind two Cd(II) atoms, thus forming an infinite chain propagating in [100], which is decorated by the Hchdc anions. The structure is completed by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which link the chains together.
authors.forename: Bing-Bing
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xiao