The Co(III) atom in the title compound, [Co(C(12)H(6)N(2)O(4))(C(12)H(7)N(2)O(4))], is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral geometry by four N atoms and two O atoms of the chelating 2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxyl-ate and 6'-carb-oxy-2,2'-bipyridine-6-carboxyl-ate ligands. Intermolecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and face-to-face π-stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.6352 (1...

coordination chemistry is currently of great interest in research. The use of transition-metal centers and coordination chemistry for directing the formation of complex structures has evolved into one of the most widely used strategies for organizing molecular building blocks into supramolecular arrays.1–3 Assembling extended supramolecular architectures by selecting the chemical structure of o...

Two new coordination polymers, namely, [Cu2(L)2(4,4′-bpy)]n (1) and [Cd(HL)Cl(1,10′-phen)]n (2) (H2L = 1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid, 4,4′-bpy 4,4′-bipyridine, 1,10′-phen 1,10-phenanthroline) have been synthesized via solvothermal method were structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, elemental analysis PXRD. The two complexes are both infinite 1D chain structures, i...

A 2,2'-bipyridine-appended ferrocene rotor, 1,1'-di(5-yl-ethynyl-2,2'-bipyridine)ferrocene, can be switched from a folded/stacked (syn) conformation to an extended/unstacked (anti) conformation by the addition of [Cu(CH3CN)4](PF6) and 6,6'-dimesityl-2,2'-bipyridine. This extension and contraction process was completely reversible and could be triggered either chemically or electrochemically.

Two polypyridyl copper(II) complexes, [Cu(phen)(phen-dione)Cl]Cl (1) and [Cu(bpy) (phen-dione)Cl]Cl (2), (where Phen =1,10-phenanthroline, bpy =2,2'-bipyridine and Phen-dione = 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione), were used as efficient catalysts for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde. The effects of various parameters such as reaction temperature, reaction time, etc. were studied. The ...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Fe(C(12)H(6)O(4))(C(10)H(8)N(2))], consists of two independent Fe(II) atoms, two naphthalene-1,4-dicarboxyl-ate anions and two 4,4'-bipyridine ligands. The Fe(II) atoms are each coordinated by four O atoms of the naphthalene-1,4-dicarboxyl-ate anions and two N atoms of the 4,4'-bipyridine ligands within a distorted octa-hedron. Two Fe(II) atoms are br...

Novel copper(ii) complexes bearing 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) derivatives with adenine, thymine and uracil nucleobases [Cu(L(1))Cl(2)].2H(2)O (1), [Cu(L(2))Cl(2)] (2) and [Cu(L(3))Cl(2)].H(2)O (3) (L(1) = 5,5'-Di[N9-adenylmethyl]-2,2'-bipyridine, L(2) = 5,5'-Di[N1-thyminylmethyl]-2,2'-bipyridine and L(3) = 5,5'-Di[N1-uracilmethyl]-2,2'-bipyridine) were synthesized and characterized. Structure simula...

Four useful polypyridine iridium(III) complexes in the form of [IrCl2L2]+ were prepared and their spectroscopic and electrochemical properties as well as X-ray crystallography were investigated. The ligands used were L = 2,2'-bipyridine, 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, 4,4'-diphenyl-2,2'-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline, 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, and 2,2'-biquinoline. Synthetic methods we...