Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.47, No.18, 7969-7971, 2008
Di-2-pyridyl ketone/benzoate/azide combination as a source of copper(II) clusters and coordination polymers: Dependence of the product identity on the solvent
The reactions of di-2-pyridyl ketone with Cu(O2CPh)(2) in the presence of NaN3 and LiOH have led to an antiferromagnetically coupled (S = 0) Cu(II)6 cluster with a novel core and to (Cu-8(II))(n) and (Cu-2(II)), coordination polymers (the former 1D and the latter 2D) with interesting structures. The cluster or polymer formation depends on the reaction solvent.