Poly[[μ2-1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene]bis(μ4-cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylato)dicobalt(II)]

Abstract

In the title compound, [Co2(C8H10O4)2(C14H14N4)]n, the two CoII atoms are both five-coordinated by four carboxylate O atoms, derived from two different cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate (chdc) ligands, and an N atom, derived from one end of a 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene molecule (1,4-bix), in a distorted square-pyramidal environment. Each end of the chdc ligand links pairs of CoII atoms into a paddle-wheel assembly, i.e. Co2(O2CR′)4; these are connected into rows because of the bridging nature of the chdc ligands, and the rows are further connected into a two-dimensional layer through the 1,4-bix ligands. The 1,4-bix ligand, which is disposed about a centre of inversion, is disorderd. Two positions were discerned for the –CH2(C6H4)CH2– residue, with the major component having a site-occupancy factor of 0.512 (9).