Poly[[hexa-μ-aqua-diaqua-bis-(μ₄-dihydrogen benzene-1,2,4,5-tetra-carboxyl-ato)magnesiumdisodium] dihydrate].
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, {[MgNa₂(C₁₀H₄O₈)₂(H₂O)₈]·2H₂O}(n), contains one octa-hedrally coordin-ated Mg(II) atom (site symmetry 2/m), one octahedrally coordinated Na(I) atom (site symmetry 2) and one half of the dihydrogen benzene-1,2,4,5-tetra-carboxyl-ate (btec) ligand, the second half of the ligand being generated by a twofold rotation axis. The basic framework of the title compound features infinite (-Na-Na-Mg-)(n) chains along [10-1] with the metal cations bridged by the coordinating water molecules. The chains are isolated from each other by μ₄-bridging btec ligands, which form inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds to uncoordinated water mol-ecules and the coordinated water mol-ecules of a neighbouring chain. In each btec ligand, there are also intramolecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
Department of Physics and Chemistry, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan 454000,  People's Republic of China.
Dan
D
Zhao
Peng
P
Liang
Yan-Feng
YF
Li
Sen
S
Qiu
Jun-Ran
JR
Ren