Threaded structure and blue luminescence of (CuCN)20(Piperazine)7.
The structurally unique and highly luminescent 20 : 7 complex of CuCN with piperazine (Pip) was formed under aqueous conditions; its structure reveals two interpenetrated 2D sub-networks in 6 : 1 ratio: (CuCN)2(Pip) and (CuCN)8(Pip), the latter consisting of Cu18(CN)16(Pip)2 macrocycles.
Pike
Robert D
RD
Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA. rdpike@wm.edu
deKrafft
Kathryn E
KE
Ley
Amanda N
AN
Tronic
Tristan A
TA