“…Among related carboxylate ligands, oxydiacetate (oda; -O2CCH2OCH2CO2-) has been shown to be a good complexing agent for a variety of metal ions. Structural data of hydrated oda complexes have been reported with cadmium(H) (Boman, 1977a,b,c), calcium(H) (Uchtman & Oertel, 1973), copper(II) (Whitlow & Davey, 1975), erbium(III) (Elding, 1977), lanthanum(HI) (Baggio, Garland, Perec & Vega, 1996), zinc(II) and zirconium(IV) (Baggio, Garland, Perec & Vega, 1995), and different types of structures with the ligand bonded in mono-, bi-and tridentate modes have also been observed. The results of the present study include the preparation, characterization and X-ray structure determination of the novel polymeric strontium complex [Sr(C4H4Os)(H20)3 ]n.nH20, (1).…”