The sunlight-driven photosalient effect of a 1D coordination polymer and the release of an elusive cyclobutane derivative

Basudeb Dutta; Chittaranjan Sinha; Mohammad Hedayetullah Mir

doi:10.1039/c9cc06016b

The sunlight-driven photosalient effect of a 1D coordination polymer and the release of an elusive cyclobutane derivative

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Sep 21;55(74):11049-11051. doi: 10.1039/c9cc06016b. Epub 2019 Aug 27.

Authors

Basudeb Dutta¹, Chittaranjan Sinha², Mohammad Hedayetullah Mir¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Aliah University, New Town, Kolkata 700 156, India. chmmir@gmail.com.
² Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.

PMID: 31453613
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06016b

Abstract

A one-dimensional coordination polymer (1D CP) [Zn(glu)(4-nvp)] (1) [H₂glu = glutaric acid and 4-nvp = 4-(1-naphthylvinyl)pyridine] with a paddle-wheel unit [Zn₂(O₂CC)₄] exhibits the photosalient effect under UV as well as sunlight irradiation, resembling the popping of popcorn, along with the release of an elusive cyclobutane ligand.