UC San Diego

The structure of the polymeric title compound, {[Zn2(C20H11NO4)2(C3H7NO)2(CH3OH)]·C3H7NO} n , comprises carbazolylisophthalate moieties connecting dimetallic tetra-carboxyl-ate zinc secondary building units (SBUs) parallel to [100] and [010], leading to a layer-like arrangement parallel to (001). Each SBU consists of two Zn atoms in slightly distorted tetra-hedral and octa-hedral coordination environments [Zn⋯Zn = 3.5953 (6) Å]. Three carboxyl-ate groups bridge the two Zn atoms in a μ2-O:O' mode, whereas the fourth coordinates through a single carboxyl-ate O atom (μ1-O). The O atoms of two di-methyl-formamide (DMF) and one methanol mol-ecule complete the Zn coordination spheres. The methanol ligand inter-acts with the noncoordinating DMF mol-ecule via an O-H⋯O hydrogen bond of medium strength. Carbazoles between the layers inter-digitate through weak C-H⋯.π inter-actions to form a laminar solid stacked along [010]. Two kinds of C-H⋯π inter-actions are present, both with a distance of 2.64 Å, between the H atoms and the centroids, and a third C-H⋯π inter-action, where the aromatic H atom is located above the carbazole N-atom lone pair (H⋯N = 2.89 Å). Several C-H⋯O inter-actions occur between the coordinating DMF mol-ecule, the DMF solvent mol-ecule, and ligating carboxyl-ate O atoms.