Crystal structure of poly[μ-acetato-bis[μ-2-oxo-2-(quinolin-8-yl)ethanoato]trisodium]

The title compound [Na 3 (C 11 H 6 NO 3 ) 2 (C 2 H 3 O 2 )] n , crystallized through diffusion of diethyl ether into methanol as needles. There are three crystallographically independent Na + cations present, each exhibiting a distorted octahedral coordination geometry, two through coordination by five O atoms and one N atom, and one through coordination by six O atoms. A series of intermolecular O...Na and N...Na contacts leads to the formation of chains along the a- axis direction.