A two-dimensional cadmium(II) coordination polymer: poly[diaquabis(μ2-2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetato)cadmium(II)]

In the title coordination polymer, [Cd(C8H5Cl2O3)2(H2O)2]n, each CdII atom lies on an inversion center. The CdII atom exists in a slightly distorted octa­hedral coordination polyhedron, involving four carboxyl O atoms from different 2,4-dichloro­phenoxy­acetate ligands and two water mol­ecules. The CdII ions are bridged by carboxyl­ate groups in a bis­(mono­dentate) mode, leading to a two-dimensional layer structure. This supra­molecular network is consolidated by inter­molecular hydrogen-bonding inter­actions.