title: An extended two-dimensional copper-molybdate compound with mixed dicarboxyl and organodiamine ligands.
abstract: The title complex, poly[di-mu3-oxo-hepta-mu2-oxo-tetraoxobis(1,10-phenanthroline)-mu4-terephthalato-dicopper(II)tetramolybdate(VI)], [Cu2Mo4(C8H4O4)O13(C12H8N2)2], represents a novel two-dimensional copper-molybdate compound with mixed ligands. Tetranuclear molybdenum oxide clusters are joined through corner-sharing into a ribbon-like chain, with [Cu(phen)]2+ (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline) complexes grafted onto either side. The terephthalate ligand lies about an inversion centre and links these chains to form a layer via Cu-O and Mo-O bonds. Face-to-face pi-pi stacking interactions between adjacent phen ligands stabilize the structure.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Science, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Yuan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Quan-Guo
authors.initials: QG
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Li-Juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Can-Zhong
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Lu