A zinc carboxylate network containing metal sites with low coordination numbers.
A bifunctional m-terphenyl, 2,6-diphenyl-1,4-dibenzoic acid (Ph2BDC), was synthesized and used in the preparation of a 2-D metal-organic coordination polymer. The steric hindrance of the bulky bifunctional linker forces low coordination at the Lewis-acidic zinc center. A zinc carboxylate dimer was prepared as a model compound to examine the unusual tricoordinate geometry at the metal site.
Dickie
Diane A
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Departments of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
Jennings
Michael C
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Jenkins
Hilary A
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Clyburne
Jason A C
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