title: catena-Poly[bis-(μ3-2-phenyl-acetato-κ(3) O,O':O)bis-(μ2-2-phenyl-acetato-κ(2) O:O')dicopper(II)(Cu-Cu)].
abstract: The title polymeric compound, [Cu2(C8H7O2)4] n , was synthesized by the reaction of copper acetate with aqueous phenyl-acetic acid. The unique Cu(II) atom is coordinated by five O atoms from the carboxyl-ate groups of phenyl-acetate ligands, and the strongly distorted octa-hedral coordination environment is completed by a Cu-Cu bond of 2.581 (2) Å, at whose mid-point is located an inversion centre. The crystal structure consists of infinite polymeric linear chains of Cu(2+) ions, running along [100], linked by bridging phenyl-acetate groups.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche de Chimie de l'Environnement et Moléculaire Structurale, Faculté des Sciences Exactes, Département de Chimie, Université de Constantine 1, 25000 Constantine, Algeria.
authors.forename: Meriem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benslimane
authors.forename: Yasmine Kheira
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Redjel
authors.forename: Hocine
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merazig
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Daran
references.citation: Acta Crystallogr A. 2008 Jan;64(Pt 1):112-22
references.pmid: 18156677