title: A zinc carboxylate network containing metal sites with low coordination numbers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
authors.forename: Diane A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dickie
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.forename: Hilary A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Jason A C
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Clyburne