The divergent ligand 4'-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4,2':6',4 ''-terpyridine (1) reacts with Cd(NO3)(2)(center dot)4H(2)O under room temperature crystallization conditions (MeOH/CHCl3) to give the coordination polymer [{Cd-2(1)(3)(NO3)(4)} CHCl3 MeOH](n). The polymer adopts a ladder structure with 1 bridging pairs of cadmium(II) centres along both the edges (rails) and rungs of the ladder. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
