title: An anisaldehyde sodium bisulfite derivative: poly[[μ4-(hydroxy)(4-methoxyphenyl)methanesulfonato]sodium].
abstract: The title complex, [Na(C(8)H(9)O(5)S)](n), is polymeric and consists of broad layers parallel to (100) made up of an inner hydrophilic core of Na(+) cations and polar SO(3)C(OH)- groups, padded on both sides by two hydrophobic layers of pendant methoxyphenyl groups. The Na(+) cations in the inner core are six-coordinated into highly distorted NaO(6) octahedra by four symmetry-related (hydroxy)(4-methoxyphenyl)methanesulfonate anions, leading to a tightly woven two-dimensional structure. While there are some hydrogen bonds providing interplanar cohesion, interactions between adjacent layers are weak hydrophobic ones. The present compound appears to be the first reported structure containing the (hydroxy)(4-methoxyphenyl)methanesulfonate ligand.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Sede Puerto Madryn, and CenPat, CONICET, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
authors.forename: M Enriqueta
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Díaz de Vivar
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baggio
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baggio