The search for novel lanthanide coordination networks using pyrazine N,N'-dioxide (pzdo, C4H4N2O2) as a structure-directing unit, led to the synthesis and the structure determination of the title compound, [Na2(C4H4N2O2)(H2O)6][B(C6H5)4]2·C4H4N2O2·2H2O. The crystal structure is comprised of discrete [{Na(H2O)2}2(μ-H2O)2(μ-pzdo)](2+) cations and tetra-phenyl-borate anions, as well as pzdo and H2...

A new anthracene-based ligand shows emission shift and decrease of excimer band upon coordination to silver ions when crystallized from methanol. Changing the solvent leads to the formation of amorphous nanowires exhibiting large emission bands before transforming into a second crystalline compound with excimer emission similar in intensity to the ligand alone.

A new lanthanoid porous coordination polymer, La-BTTc (BTTc = benzene-1,3,5-tris(2-thiophene-5-carboxylate)), was synthesized and structurally characterized to have densely aligned one-dimensional open metal sites, which were found to act as strong Lewis acid sites after the removal of the coordinated solvent.

The reaction of lead acetate, benzoic acid and 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) in aqueous solution yielded the title complex, [Pb(C(7)H(5)O(2))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))]·C(7)H(6)O(2). The asymmetric unit contains two independent complex mol-ecules as well as two independent benzoic acid solvent mol-ecules, one of which is disordered over two positions with almost equal occupancies [0.504 (5) and 0.496 (5)]. Th...

The title compound, {[Zn2(CH3CO2)3(OH)(C6H7ClN2)]·C2H5OH} n , has alternating octa-hedrally and tetra-hedrally coordinated Zn(2+) ions. The octa-hedral coordination sphere is composed of one N atom of the monodentate di-amino-chloro-benzene ligand, three acetate O atoms and two bridging hydroxide ligands. The tetra-hedral coordination sphere consists of three acetate O atoms and the hydroxide l...

The title compound, [CoCl(2)(C(10)H(11)N(3))(2)]·2CH(3)OH, crystallizes with an elongated Co coordination polyhedron in a very distorted octa-hedral geometry. Both naphthyridine ligands coordinate to the Co atom via two N atoms in a bidentate chelating mode. The remaining coordination sites are occupied by two Cl atoms. Two uncoordinated solvent methanol mol-ecules are hydrogen bonded to the Cl...

The title compound, [Ni(C(2)H(8)NO(6)P(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·9H(2)O, exhibits a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination environment around the Ni(II) atom. It contains two mol-ecules of 1-amino--ethyl-idenediphospho-nic acid in the zwitterionic form, coord-inated via O atoms from two phospho-nate groups and creating two six-membered chelate rings. Two water mol-ecules in cis positions complete ...

Abstract: The hydrogen bond (H bond) is one of the most important interactions that form the foundation of secondary and tertiary protein structure. Beyond holding protein structures together, H bonds are also intimately involved in solvent coordination, ligand binding, and enzyme catalysis. The H bond by definition involves the light atom, H, and it is very difficult to study directly, especia...

In the centrosymmetric title compound [Ti(2)Cl(6)(C(6)H(13)N(2))(2)(C(6)H(14)N(2))(2)]·2C(2)H(3)N, an inversion center relates the two Ti atoms which display a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. There are two uncoordinated acetonitrile solvent mol-ecules per mol-ecule of title compound in the crystal structure.