Poly[μ2-aqua-μ4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4,4-trifluorobutane-1,3-dionato]-potassium]

Abstract

In the title compound, [K(C10H5ClO2F3)(H2O)]n, the two independent K+ ions are located on a twofold rotation axis. For each of the cations, the distorted cubic coordination environment is defined by two F and four O atoms of symmetry-related 1,4-chlorophenyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutane-1,3-dionate anions and by two O atoms of water molecules. The μ4-bridging character of the anion and the μ2-bridging of the water molecule lead to the formation of layers parallel to (100). The coordinating water molecules are also involved in O—H...O hydrogen bonds that reinforce the molecular cohesion within the layers, which are stacked along [100]. The β-diketonate anion is not planar, with an angle of 31.78 (10)° between the mean planes of the diketonate group and the chlorophenyl ring.