Poly[(μ5-cis-cyclohex-4-ene-1,2-dicarboxylato)(μ3-cis-cyclohex-4-ene-1,2-dicarboxylato)dicadmium(II)]

Abstract

The title compound, [Cd2(C8H8O4)2] n , crystallizes in the centrosymmetric monoclinic P21/n space group. Via cis-cyclohex-4-ene-1,2-dicarboxylate ligands in two different binding modes, square pyramidally and pentagonal bipyramidally coordinated Cd atoms are connected into coordination polymer layer motifs oriented parallel to the ab plane. These layered motifs are aggregated into the three-dimensional supramolecular crystal structure of the title compound by means of crystal packing forces.