title: Controlled crystallization of mixed-ligand complexes of 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane-N,N'-dioxide with metal(II) thiocyanates: isostructurality in coordination networks bearing different mono- and di-nuclear nodes.
abstract: The new flexible spacer ligand 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane-N,N'-dioxide forms three classes of isomorphous compounds with metal(iI) thiocyanates at controlled ligand-metal molar ratios, and its mu3-O,O,O' mode leads to a pair of coordination networks having the same (4, 4) topological characteristics but different mono- and di-nuclear nodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
authors.forename: Lin-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Thomas C W
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mak