Crystal structure of poly[μ-acetato-bis-[μ-2-oxo-2-(quinolin-8-yl)ethano-ato]tris-odium].

The title compound [Na3(C11H6NO3)2(C2H3O2)] n , crystallized through diffusion of diethyl ether into methanol as needles. There are three crystallographically independent Na(+) cations present, each exhib-it-ing a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry, two through coordination by five O atoms and one N atom, and one through coordination by six O atoms. A series of inter-molecular O⋯Na and N⋯Na contacts leads to the formation of chains along the a-axis direction.