Poly[[tetra-aqua-tetra-kis-[μ(3)-5-(pyridine-4-carboxamido)-isophthalato]cobalt(II)dierbium(III)] tetra-hydrate].
In the centrosymmetric polymeric title compound, {[CoEr(2)(C(14)H(8)N(2)O(5))(4)(H(2)O)(4)]·4H(2)O}(n), the Er(III) cation has a coordination number of eight and is surrounded by seven carboxyl-ate O atoms from four 5-(pyridine-4-carboxamido)-isophthalate (L) ligands and one water mol-ecule, forming a distorted square-anti-prismatic arrangement. The Co(II) cation is located on an inversion center and is coordinated by two pyridine N atoms, two carboxyl-ate O atoms and two water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The asymmetric unit contains two anionic L ligands. One bridges two Er(III) cations and one Co(II) cation through two carboxyl-ate groups and one pyridine N atom, while the other bridges two Er(III) cations and one Co(II) cation through two carboxyl-ate groups. Extensive O-H⋯O, O-H⋯N and N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions are present in the crystal, involving all uncoordinated water mol-ecules and the uncoordinated pyridine N atom of one of the ligands bonded to an adjacent coordinated water mol-ecule. The title compound is isotypic with the gadolinium analogue.
Key Laboratory of Functional Organometallic Materials, Hengyang Normal University, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hengyang, Hunan 421008,  People's Republic of China.
Yi-Fang
YF
Deng
Man-Sheng
MS
Chen
Chun-Hua
CH
Zhang
Xiong-Wen
XW
Tan