A nearly planar water sheet sandwiched between strontium-imidazolium carboxylate coordination polymers

Inorg Chem. 2005 Jul 25;44(15):5200-2. doi: 10.1021/ic0504238.

Abstract

The crystal structure of a strontium-imidazolium polymeric material obtained from the reaction of zwitterionic 1,3-bis(carboxymethyl)imidazolium with SrCO(3) (2:1) in water is reported. The compound crystallized in the orthorhombic space group Pcc2 with a = 14.545(3) A, b = 8.514(5) A, c = 8.5619(14) A, V = 1060.2(6) A(3), and Z = 2. The macromolecular structure is constructed from 8-coordinate strontium, which binds to six different imidazolium carboxylate molecules. The two-dimensional polymer is separated by water sheets in which the water molecules form near-planar hexagons.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbonates / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Imidazoles / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Strontium / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Carbonates
  • Imidazoles
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Polymers
  • Water
  • strontium carbonate
  • Strontium