title: catena-Poly[[(2-methyl-benzoato-κO,O')sodium]-di-μ-aqua-κO:O'].
abstract: In the title coordination polymer, [Na(C(8)H(7)O(2))(H(2)O)(2)](n), the cation is chelated by the carboxyl-ate O atoms of the anion in a bidentate mode and is surrounded by the O atoms of four water mol-ecules. The coordination of the Na(+) cation is distorted octa-hedral. The water mol-ecules bridge adjacent metal cations, forming polymeric layers parallel to (100). The structure is stabilized by an extensive network of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danish
authors.forename: Iram
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.forename: Nazir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Abdul Rauf
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Starosta
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leciejewicz