Crystal structure of the one-dimensional coordination polymer formed by the macrocyclic [Ni(cyclam)]2+ cation and the dianion of diphenylsilanediylbis(4-benzoic acid)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, catena-poly[[[(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-κ4 N 1,N 4,N 8,N 11)nickel(II)]-μ-4,4′-(diphenylsilanediyl)dibenzoato-κ2 O:O′] sesquihydrate], {[Ni(C26H18O4Si)(C10H24N4)]·1.5H2O} n , consists of the halves of the centrosymmetric macrocyclic cation and the C 2-symmetric dicarboxylate dianion and of the water molecule of crystallization. The Ni2+ ion is coordinated by the four secondary N atoms of the macrocyclic ligand characterized by the most energetically favourable trans-III conformation and two mutually trans O atoms of the carboxylate, forming a slightly tetragonally elongated trans-N4O2 octahedron. The crystals are composed of parallel polymeric chains of the macrocyclic cations linked by the anions of the acid running along the [101] direction. Each polymeric chain is bonded to four neighbouring ones via water molecules providing O—H...O hydrogen bonds to the non-coordinated carboxyl O atoms to form a three-dimensional supramolecular network.