Silver carboxylates / Benzoate complexes / Crystal structureAbstract. The structure of a second crystal polymorph of silver(I) 2,6-dihydroxybenzoate, [Ag 2 ((OH) 2 · C 6 H 3 COO) 2 ] n has been determined by X-ray diffraction and refined to a residual R = 0.036 for 1332 observed reflections. Crystals are monoclinic, space group Ρ2ι/η with two dimeric units in a cell of dimensions α = 7.090(1), 0 = 11.693(2), c = 8.164(l)A, β = 90.58(1)°. As in the first reported polymorph, the structure contains centrosymmetric bis(carboxylato-O.O') bridged silver dimers. In the present structure, the dimers are cross-linked via Ag-Ο (hydroxyl) bonds [2.607 (3)A] to form a sheet polymer, whereas those in the earlier structure are discrete. Chelate-ring dimensions are essentially unchanged [Ag-O, 2.220, 2.236(3) cf. 2.203, 2.240(4)Ä; Ag-Ag, 2.926(1) cf. 2.910(1)Ä],