@article{Delgado_Mora_Ramirez_Díaz de Delgado_Cisterna_Cárdenas_Brito_2021, title={SYNTHESIS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND HIRSHFELD SURFACE ANALYSIS OF A NEW COORDINATION POLYMER: STRONTIUM BENZILATE}, volume={66}, url={https://www.jcchems.com/index.php/JCCHEMS/article/view/1598}, abstractNote={<p><img src="/public/site/images/schq/1598.JPG"></p> <p>A novel coordination polymer was synthesized from strontium carbonate and benzylic acid in aqueous solution and is formulated as Sr[(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(COCOO)<sub>2</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O]. This compound was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. The crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic <em>P2<sub>1</sub>/n</em> space group, with unit cell parameters <em>a</em> = 15.0224(9) Å, <em>b</em> = 7.5038(6) Å, <em>c</em> = 25.000(2) Å, b = 94.764(2)º, V = 2808.4 Å<sup>3</sup>, Z = 4. In the structure, the metallic ion is coordinated to eight oxygen atoms, six from benzilate molecules, and two from water molecules, forming a distorted tetragonal antiprism. One of the benzilates is coordinated to the metal in a monodentate fashion (carboxylate only), while the other benzilate molecule does it in the bidentate from carboxylate and hydroxide. Strontium ions form infinite <em>zig-zag</em> chains along the [010] direction, which form a three-dimensional network via O--H···O hydrogen-bond interactions between the coordinated water molecules and the O atoms of the carboxylate groups. The intermolecular interactions were analyzed using Hirshfeld surface analysis.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society}, author={Delgado, Gerzon E and Mora, Asiloe J. and Ramirez, Belkis and Díaz de Delgado, Graciela and Cisterna, Jonathan and Cárdenas, Alejandro and Brito, Ivan}, year={2021}, month={Feb.}, pages={5081-5085} }