metal-organic compounds
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In the title compound, {[Pr(C14H8O5)(C14H9O5)(H2O)2]·H2O}n, the PrIII cation is eight-coordinated by six carboxyl O atoms from both a monoanionic 4-(4-carboxyphenoxy)benzoate and a dianionic 4,4′-oxydibenzoate ligand (four bridging with two from a bidentate chelate interaction), and two O-atom donors from water molecules. A single water molecule of solvation is also present. The complex units are linked through carboxyl O:O′ bridges giving a two-dimensional sheet polymer lying parallel to (001). An overall three-dimensional network structure is generated through intermolecular carboxylic acid and water O—HO hydrogen bonds and weak C—HO interactions.