International Union of Crystallography, Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, 4(64), p. m529-m530, 2008
DOI: 10.1107/s1600536808005758
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In the title compound, [KTb(C6H4NO2)4(H2O)]·2.5H2O, each Tb3+ centre is coordinated by four N and five O atoms from five distinct picolinate ligands in a geometry resembling a highly distorted tricapped trigonal prism. One of the ligands establishes a skew bridge between neighbouring Tb3+ centres, leading to the formation of one-dimensional anionic polymeric chains, {[(C6H4NO2)4Tb]−}n, running along the direction [010]. Each K+ cation is seven-coordinated by six O atoms from one anionic polymeric chain and one water molecule [K⋯O 2.676 (3)–3.208 (4) Å]. The uncoordinated water molecules are involved in O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding.