Poly[[μ₁₀-4,4′-(ethane-1,2-diyldi­oxy)dibenzoato]dipotassium]

The title salt, [K₂(C₁₆H₁₂O₆)]_n, was obtained by the reaction of 1,2-bis­[4-(ethyl-carbox­yl)-phenox­yl]ethane with KOH in water. The anion lies on a crystallographic inversion center, which is located at the mid-point of the central C—C bond. The K⁺ cation is coordinated by six O atoms, two from the chelating carboxyl­ate group of the anion and four from four neighboring and monodentately binding anions, giving rise to an irregular [KO₆] coordination polyhedron. The coordination mode of the cation leads to the formation of K/O layers parallel to (100). These layers are linked by the nearly coplanar anions (r.m.s. deviation of 0.064 Å of the carboxyl, aryl and O—CH₂ groups from the least-squares plane) into a three-dimentional network.