Catena-Poly[[(ethanol-O)[3-(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)benzoic acid-O]lithium] - 3-(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)benzoato-2 O:O?]

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title polymeric compound, [Li<inf>2</inf>(C <inf>16</inf>H<inf>11</inf>N<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf>)<inf>2</inf>(C <inf>16</inf>H<inf>12</inf>N<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf>)<inf>2</inf>(CH <inf>3</inf>CH<inf>2</inf>OH)<inf>2</inf>] <inf>n</inf> , contains two Li I ions, two 3-(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)benzoate ions, two 3-(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)benzoic acid molecules and two ethanol molecules. In the crystal structure, each of the two LiI ions has a distorted tetra-hedral geometry, coordinated by two carboxyl-ate O atoms, one carboxyl O atom and one ethanol O atom. The carboxyl-ate group bridges the LiI ions, forming a one-dimensional polymeric chain along [100]. The crystal structure is further stabilized by O - H?O and C - H?N hydrogen bonding, and ?-? inter-actions with centroid-centroid distances in the range 3.6534 (13)-3.8374 (13) Å. © 2009 Fun et al.