We synthesized and structurally and magnetically characterized the novel 3D coordination polymer Cu(HCO
2)
2(pym) (pym = pyrimidine). The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
C2/
c with
a = 14.4639(8) Å,
b = 7.7209(4) Å,
c = 8.5172(5) Å,
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, and
V = 768.76(7) Å
3. In the structure buckled layers ofCu(HCO
2)
2 are interconnected by pym ligands to afford 1D Cu-pym-Cu chains. Bulk magnetic susceptibilitymeasurements show a broad maximum at 25 K that is indicative of short-range magnetic ordering. Between 12and 300 K a least-squares fit of the
(
T) data to a mean-field-corrected antiferromagnetic chain model yieldedexcellent agreement for
g = 2.224(3),
J/
kB = -26.9(2) K, and
zJ'/
kB = -1.1(3) K. Below ~3 K a transition tolong-range magnetic ordering is observed, as suggested by a sharp and sudden decrease in
(
T). This result iscorroborated by muon spin relaxation measurements that show
oscillations in the muon asymmetry below
TN =2.802(1) K and rapidly fluctuating moments above
TN.