catena-Poly[[[diaqua-iron(II)]-μ-pyridine-2,5-dicarboxyl-ato-[tetra-aqua-iron(II)]-μ-pyridine-2,5-dicarboxyl-ato] tetra-hydrate]

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2008 Jan 25;64(Pt 2):m413. doi: 10.1107/S1600536808002043.

Abstract

In the crystal structure of the title compound, {[Fe(2)(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(2)(H(2)O)(6)]·4H(2)O}(n), there are two types of coordination for the Fe(II) atoms. One Fe(II) atom is in a distorted octa-hedral N(2)O(4) environment, with two chelating rings from the pyridine-dicarboxyl-ate ligands and two O atoms from the water mol-ecules, while the other is in a distorted octa-hedral O(6) environment with two O atoms from the pyridine-dicarboxyl-ate ligands and four O atoms from the water mol-ecules. Both Fe(II) atoms lie on crystallographic centers of symmetry. The complex possesses an infinite chain structure running along the [101] direction. These chains are inter-connected by the uncoordinated water mol-ecules through O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.