research papers
The one- and two-dimensional polymorphic cadmium polycarboxylate coordination polymers catena-poly[bis[2-2-(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)acetato]cadmium(II)] and poly[bis[2-2-(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)acetato]cadmium(II)] were prepared under similar solvothermal conditions. Alternating layers of chains in the former are perpendicular to one another, while the latter contains (4,4)-connected nodes yielding square-grid layers.