title: Self-assembly of copper(ii) complexes with ladder, bi-rack, rack--ladder--rack and layer structures by the directional-bonding approach using a T-shaped ligand.
abstract: Six copper(ii) complexes of trans-1,2,3-propenetricarboxylic acid (H(3)L) with novel ladder, bi-rack, rack-ladder-rack and layer structures were obtained by the combination of the diverse coordination symmetries and the Jahn-Teller effect of the Cu(2+) ion and the T-shaped coordination mode of the L(3-) or HL(2-) ligand together with the introduction of an inert directing ligand. Solid-state photoluminescent analyses of the present compounds show that they display blue emissions.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ming-Sheng
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guo-Cong
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ming-Lai
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Li-Zhen
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jin-Shun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huang