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Poly[diaqua(μ2-3-carboxypyrazine-2-carboxylato)(μ2-pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid)potassium(I)]
The structural unit of the title compound, [K(C6H3N2O4)(C6H4N2O4)(H2O)2]n, consists of one potassium cation, one hydrogen pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylÂate anion, one pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid molÂecule and two water molÂecules; this is twice the asymmetric unit, since the potassium cation lies on an inversion centre. Each anion or acid molÂecule is linked to two potassium cations, while the potassium cation has contacts to four symmetry-equivalent organic ligands, with two different coordination modes towards this cation. In addition, each potassium cation is coordinated by two water O atoms, raising the coordination number to eight. One of the carboxyl groups of the acid retains its H atom, which forms a hydrogen bond to a coordinated water molÂecule. The other carboxyl group is deprotonated in half of the ligands and protonated in the other half, taking part in a strong O—H⋯O hydrogen bond disordered over an inversion centre. The stabilization of the crystal structure is further assisted by O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds in which water acts as the donor