Solvent-dependent 4(4) square grid and 6(4).8(2) NbO frameworks formed by Cu(Pyac)2 (bis[3-(4-pyridyl)pentane-2,4-dionato]copper(II))

Banglin Chen; Frank R Fronczek; Andrew W Maverick

doi:10.1039/b305457h

Solvent-dependent 4(4) square grid and 6(4).8(2) NbO frameworks formed by Cu(Pyac)2 (bis[3-(4-pyridyl)pentane-2,4-dionato]copper(II))

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Sep 7:(17):2166-7. doi: 10.1039/b305457h.

Authors

Banglin Chen¹, Frank R Fronczek, Andrew W Maverick

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.

PMID: 13678183
DOI: 10.1039/b305457h

Abstract

The title compound crystallizes from anhydrous solvents in a simple square-grid topology, but when water is present, crystals form with an unusual interpenetrated 3D NbO topology whose pores contain hydrogen-bonded solvent molecules.