Poly[bis-[μ 2 -1,3-bis-(pyridin-4-yl)urea-κ 2 N 4 : N 4' ]bis-(μ 2 -5-methyl-isophthalato-κ 2 O 1 : O 3 )dizinc(II)], a parallel inter-penetrated slab-like coordination polymer with {3.6 4 8}{3 2 6.7 2 8} 4,4-connected binodal topology.

In the title compound, [Zn 2 (C 9 H 6 O 4 ) 2 (C 11 H 10 N 4 O) 2 ] n , diperiodic coordination polymer slabs with {3.6 4 8}{3 2 6.7 2 8} 4,4-connected binodal topology are held into a parallel inter-penetrated triperiodic crystal structure by means of N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding patterns.