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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
catena-Poly[[(dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine)cobalt(II)]-μ-biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxyl-ato]
Fang Wei1, Wen-Ju Wang, Xiang-Jun Jin
1Department of Chemistry, Baicheng Normal College, Baicheng 137000, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, [Co(C(14)H(8)O(4))(C(18)H(10)N(4))](n), the Co(II) atom is six-coordinated by four O atoms from two different biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxyl-ate ligands and two N atoms from the bidentate dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine ligand in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Co(II) atoms are bridged by the biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxyl-ate ligands to form a one-dimensional chain structure. π-π inter-actions between neighbouring chains result in a two-dimensional supra-molecular network (centroid-to-centroid separation = 3.381 Å).
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