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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Poly[μ(2)-aqua-aqua-μ(4)-pyridine-2,4-dicarboxyl-ato-strontium]
Abstract:
In the title polymeric complex, [Sr(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(H(2)O)(2)](n), the Sr(II) atom is eight-coordinated by four O atoms and one N atom of four pyridine-2,4-dicarboxyl-ate (py-2,4-dc) ligands and three O atoms of three coordinated water mol-ecules in a dodeca-hedral geometry. These units are connected via the carboxyl-ate O atoms and water mol-ecules, building polymeric layers parallel to (100). In the crystal structure, non-covalent inter-actions consisting of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.862 (17) and 3.749 (17) Å] connect the various components, forming a three-dimensional structure.
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