Poly[[μ-(1-ammonio­ethane-1,1-di­yl)bis­(hydrogenphospho­nato)]diaquachloridodisodium]: a powder X-ray diffraction study

The title compound, [Na(2)(C(2)H(8)NO(6)P(2))Cl(H(2)O)(2)](n), has a polymeric two-dimensional structure extending parallel to (001). The asymmetric unit contains two Na(+) cations located on a centre of symmetry and on a mirror plane, respectively, one half of a bis-phospho­nate anion (the entire anion is completed by mirror symmetry), one chloride anion on a mirror plane and one water mol­ecule in general positions. The two Na(+) cations exhibit distorted octa­hedral NaCl(2)O(4) coordination polyhedra, each consisting of two deprotonated O atoms of the bis-phospho­nate anion, of two water mol­ecules and of two chloride anions. Strong O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the –OH group and one of the free O atoms of the bis-phospho­nate anion connect adjacent layers along [100], supported by N—H⋯Cl inter­actions. Intra­layer O—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are also observed.