Cobalt and manganese nets via their wires: facile transformation in metal-diorganophosphates.
The manganese and cobalt complexes [M(dtbp)2]n (M=Mn, Co; dtbp=di-tert-butyl phosphate), which exist as one-dimensional molecular wires, transform to [M(dtbp)2(bpy)2.2H2O]n by the addition of 4,4-bipyridine (bpy) at room temperature; the latter compounds form noninterpenetrating rectangular grid structures.
Pothiraja
Ramasamy
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Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, India.
Sathiyendiran
Malaichamy
M
Butcher
Ray J
RJ
Murugavel
Ramaswamy
R