Crystal structure ofcatena-poly[[aquabis(4-formylbenzoato)-κ2O1,O1′;κO1-zinc]-μ-pyrazine-κ2N:N′]
The asymmetric unit of the title polymeric compound, [Zn(C8H5O3)2(C4H4N2)(H2O)]n, contains two molecular units. Each unit comprises two 4-formylbenzoate (FB) anions, one pyrazine molecule and one coordinating water molecule; the FB anions act either as bidentate or as monodentate ligands. The O atoms of the bidentately coordinating FB anions are disordered over two positions, and they were refined with fixed occupancy ratios of 0.75:0.25 and 0.70:0.30, respectively. In the ordered monodentately coordinating FB anions, the carboxylate groups are twisted away from the attached benzene rings (BandE) by 12.1 (2) and 9.2 (2)°, respectively. In the disordered FB anions, the corresponding angles are 14.1 (1) and 4.0 (2)° for benzene ringsAandD, respectively. Benzene ringsAandBare oriented at a dihedral angle of 45.7 (1)°,DandEat 23.2 (1)°. Pyrazine ringCmakes dihedral angles of 85.6 (1) and 72.7 (1)°, respectively, with benzene ringsAandB, and pyrazine ringFmakes dihedral angles of 87.0 (1) and 81.3 (1)° with benzene ringsDandE, respectively. The pyrazine ligands bridge the ZnIIcations, forming polymeric chains running parallel to theb-axis direction. Medium-strength intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds link the water molecules to the carboxylate O atoms. In the crystal, water–carboxylate O—H...O hydrogen bonds link adjacent chains into layers parallel to thebcplane. The layers are linkedviaweak pyrazine–formyl C—H...O and formyl–carboxylate C—H...O hydrogen bonds. π–π contacts between the benzene rings, with centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.7765 (16), 3.7905 (15) and 3.8231 (16) Å, may further stabilize the structure. There are also weak C—H...π interactions present.