title: New 3-d chiral framework of indium with 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate.
abstract: A new complex, [In(2)(mu-OH)(2)(btc)(2)](n)().2nHpy (1) (btc = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate; py = pyridine), is hydrothermally synthesized from the reaction of InCl(3), H(3)btc, and pyridine. Complex 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2(1) space group [a = 7.3181(12) A, b = 17.0195(23) A, c = 10.5789(17) A, beta = 102.651(6) degrees , and Z = 2]. Indium(III) centers in 1 are bridged by btc ligands in various coordination modes to form the nonclose rings which are further interlinked along crystallographic a-axis and (011) plane to result in a nonpenetrated 3-D anionic framework growing as homochiral tunnels. Compound 1 is fully characterized by fluorescence spectroscopy, second harmonic generation measurement, infrared, and thermogravimetric analysis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002 China.
authors.forename: Zhengzhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Feilong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Daqiang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Maochun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hong