Poly[hemi(ethylenediammonium) [di-μ-oxalato-indium(III)] dihydrate]

Abstract

In title compound, {(C2H10N2)0.5[In(C2O4)2]·2H2O}n, the unique InIII ion is coordinated by eight O atoms from four oxalate ligands in a distorted square-anti­prismatic environment. The doubly bis-chelating oxalate ligands act as bridging ligands connecting symmetry-related InIII ions and forming a three-dimensional open framework structure. Ethyl­enediammonium cations and water mol­ecules occupy the voids within the structure. The unique ethyl­enediammonium cation and one water mol­ecule both lie on a twofold rotation axis. One of the other two water mol­ecules residing on general crystallographic sites was refined as disordered with half occupancy. In the crystal structure, cations and water mol­ecules are linked to the anionic framework via inter­molecular O—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.