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metal-organic compounds
The title complex, catena-poly[(diaquacadmium)-μ-[meso-2,5-bis(trimethylammonio)adipato-O,O′:O′′, O′′′]aquadinitratocadmium)-μ-[meso-2,5-bis(trimethylammonio)adipato-O,O′:O′′, O′′′] dinitrate], [Cd2(L)2(NO3)2(H2O)3]n(NO3)2n [L = −O2CCH(Me3N+)CH2CH2CH(Me3N+)CO2−], consists of an infinite zigzag chain in which the two independent CdII atoms, lying on separate crystallographic C2 axes, have approximately pentagonal bipyramidal and very distorted octahedral coordination geometries, respectively. The formation of hydrogen bonds between the aqua ligands and other O atoms leads to a layer network.