catena-Poly[lead(II)-bis(μ-2-amino-1,3-benzothiazole-6-carboxylato)]

The title complex, [Pb(C8H5N2O2S)2]n, consists of one PbII ion located on a crystallographic twofold axis and two symmetry-related 2-amino-1,3-benzothiazole-6-carboxylate (ABTC) ligands. The central PbII ion has a (4 + 2) coordination by four O atoms of the two ABTC ligands and two weaker Pb—S bonding interactions (Pb—S secondary bonds) from S atoms of other two neighbouring ABTC ligands. These bonds link the metal ions into zigzag chains along the c axis, which, in turn, aggregate through π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.7436 Å] between ABTC rings and N—H...O and N—H...N hydrogen bonds.