A two-dimensional network containing an –Mn—O—C—O—Mn– chain: poly[diaqua[1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethylene][μ3-3-carboxy-5-(carboxylatomethoxy)benzoato]manganese(II)]
In the title compound, [Mn(C10H6O7)(C12H10N2)(H2O)2]nor [Mn(HOABDC)(bpe)(H2O)2]n[H3OABDC is 5-(carboxymethoxy)isophthalic acid and bpe is 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethylene], each MnIIcation is at the centre of a distorted octahedron formed by three carboxylate O atoms from three different HOABDC2−ligands, one pyridyl N atom from the terminal bpe ligand and two water molecules. The flexible oxyacetate group bound to a methylene C atom of the HOABDC2−ligand links the MnIIcentres into –Mn—O—C—O—Mn– chains, and the carboxylate group bound directly to the benzene ring extends the chains into two-dimensional layers which lie parallel to the (010) plane and present herringbone patterns. Intermolecular O—H...N and C—H...O hydrogen bonds connect the layers into a three-dimensional supramolecular structure.