Poly[μ2-aqua-μ4-naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylato-manganese(II)]

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Mn(C12H6O4)(H2O)]n, contains one MnII ion, one 1,8-naphthalenedicarboxylate (1,8-NDC) ligand and one water molecule. The MnII ion is six-coordinated within a distorted octahedral coordination geometry, in which the equatorial sites are occupied by four carboxylate O atoms from four different 1,8-NDC ligands, while the axial positions are occupied by two O atoms of two coordinated water molecules. Adjacent MnII centres are bridged by one coordinated water and two carboxylate groups in a syn–syn mode to form infinite chains along the b axis, which are further cross-linked by the naphthalene spacers of the 1,8-NDC ligands to produce a two-dimensional extended network