THE POLYMERIC STRUCTURE OF AQUACADMIUM BISNICOTINATE

The title compound, poly[aquacadmium-bis(mu-nicotinato-kN:kO,kO')], [C d(C6H4NO2)2(H2O)], consists of a polymeric network in which each nicot inate acts as a bidentate chelating ligand towards one Cd atom through its carboxylate group while simultaneously binding to a second Cd ato m through its pyridine N atom. Cd has approximate pentagonal bipyramid al coordination geometry. Water acts as a ligand; it is also involved in hydrogen bonding to nearby carboxylate O atoms, contributing furthe r to the polymeric network interactions.