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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
Published on: August 2, 2012
Poly[[tetra-aquatetrakis-[μ(3)-5-(pyridine-4-carboxamido)-isophthalato]cobalt(II)digadolinium(III)] tetra-hydrate]
Yi-Fang Deng1, Man-Sheng Chen, Chun-Hua Zhang
1Key Laboratory of Functional Organometallic Materials, Hengyang Normal University, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hengyang, Hunan 421008, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the centrosymmetric polymeric title compound, {[CoGd(2)(C(14)H(8)N(2)O(5))(4)(H(2)O)(4)]·4H(2)O}(n), the Gd(III) cation is coordinated by one water mol-ecule and four pyridine-4-carboxamido-isophthalate (L) anions in a distorted square-anti-prismatic arrangement, while the Co(II) cation, located on an inversion center, is coordinated by two pyridyl-N atoms, two carboxyl-ate-O atoms and two water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The asymmetric unit contains two anionic L ligands: one bridges two Gd cations and one Co cation through two carboxyl groups and one pyridine-N atom; the other bridges two Gd cations and one Co cation through two carboxyl groups and the uncoordinated pyridine-N atom is hydrogen-bonded to the adjacent coordinated water mol-ecule. Extensive O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are present in the crystal structure.
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