A ladder type structure: Rubidium diphenylacetate diphenylacetic acid

Abstract

A new rubidium complex, rubidium diphenylacetate diphenylacetic acid has been synthesised and characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction: triclinic, P $$\bar{1}$$ with a=7.437(3) , b=12.377(4) , c=14.384(3) , a=107.08(2), ß=103.67(2), ?=96.95(3), Mr=508.93, V=1203.6(6) 3, Z=2. The diphenylacetic molecules bridge the metallic ions forming an infinite ladder structure. Two strong hydrogen bonds link the organic moieties.