Two new Ni（ Ⅱ） coordination polymers, {[Ni（tbip）（bipy）（H2O）]-0.5H2O}n 1 and [Ni（tbip）（phen）（H2O）]n 2 （Hatbip = 5-tert-butyl isophthalic acid, bipy = 2,2＇-bipyridine, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline）, have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, and IR spectroscopy. In the two polymers, H2tbip acts as a tridentate ligand. Compound 1 has a tbip bridged 1-D linear chain which is extended by hydrogen bonds into a 1-D double chain, while compound 2 exhibits a 1-D zigzag chain.
