Destruction and reconstruction of the robust [Cu2(OOCR)4] unit during crystal structure transformations between two coordination polymers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jul 28;47(28):8088-90. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12184g. Epub 2011 Jun 17.

Abstract

This work first demonstrates that the robust [Cu(2)(OOCR)(4)] unit can be destroyed and reconstructed in the solid state, as observed in water-induced structural interconversion of two distinct coordination polymers with 5-bromonicotinate.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carboxylic Acids / chemistry*
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nicotinic Acids / chemistry
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Nicotinic Acids
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Polymers
  • Copper