Ten mononuclear rare earth complexes of formula [La(btfa)3(H2O)2] (1), [La(btfa)3(4,4′-Mt2bipy)] (2), [La(btfa)3(4,4′-Me2bipy)2] (3), [La(btfa)3(5,5′-Me2bipy)2] (4), [La(btfa)3(terpy)] (5), [La(btfa)3(phen)(EtOH)] (6), [La(btfa)3(4,4′-Me2bipy)(EtOH)] (7), [La(btfa)3(2-benzpy)(MeOH)] (8), [Tb(btfa)3(4,4′-Me2bipy)] (9) and (Hpy)[Eu(btfa)4] (10), where btfa = 4,4,4-trifuoro-1-phenylbutane-1,3-dion...

In the title compound, 2C(8)H(6)O(4)·C(10)H(8)N(2), the 4,4'-bipyridine mol-ecule is located on an inversion centre. In the crystal structure, strong inter-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds between the terephthalic acid and 4,4'-bipyridine mol-ecules lead to the formation of chains with graph-set motif C(2) (2)(8) along the diagonal of the bc plane.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, 2C(7)H(2)F(4)O(2)·C(10)H(8)N(2), contains one mol-ecule of 2,3,4,5-tetra-fluoro-benzoic acid (tfb) and half of a centrosymmetric 4,4'-bipyridine mol-ecule. Inter-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link two tfb mol-ecules and one 4,4'-bipyridine mol-ecule into a trimer. Weak inter-molecular C-H⋯F inter-actions assemble these trimers into a three-dimensional...

The title two-component mol-ecular crystal, C(10)H(8)N(2)·C(2)H(4)N(4)S, was obtained unexpectedly by reaction of Zn(NO(3))(2)·6H(2)O, NH(4)BF(4) with 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-thione (3-AMT) and 4,4'-bipyridine in water. The dihedral angle between the pyridine rings in the 4,4'-bipyridine molecule is 17.00 (13)°. In the crystal, N-H⋯N and N-H⋯S hydrogen bonds between the components lead to the ...

Seven new hetero triply-bridged dinuclear Cu(II) compounds have been synthesized and characterized corresponding to a series with general formula [Cu(2)(L)(2)(μ-OH)(μ-OH(2))(μ-O(2)CR)]X(2) (where L = bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, 4,4'-dmbpy = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine and 5,5'-dmbpy = 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine; R = H for formate, CH(3) for acetate, CH(2)CH(3) for propionate and C(CH(3))(3) for...

The reaction of 2-hy-droxy-1,4-naphtho-quinone and 4,4'-bipyridine with zinc acetate produced the title compound, [Zn(C(10)H(5)O(3))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)]·C(10)H(8)N(2)·2H(2)O. The bond lengths and angles around the metal atom indicate a deviation from octa-hedral geometry. The two naphtho-quinone ligands coordinate in a cis fashion, with the 4,4'-bipyridine ligand and the water mol-ecules ...

The title complex, [Cd(C(2)HN(9))(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)]·0.5C(10)H(8)N(2)·H(2)O, was prepared under hydro-thermal reaction conditions. The asymmetric unit contains the cadmium complex, half a 2,2'-bipyridine solvent mol-ecule and a solvent water mol-ecule. The Cd(II) ion is coordinated by four N atoms from two 2,2'-bipyridine ligands and two N atoms from an HBTA(-) anion ligand [where H(2)BTA is N,...

The crystal structure of the title compound, C(10)H(8)N(2)·2C(2)H(4)O(2), is built up from 4,4'-bipyridine and acetic acid mol-ecules linked by strong O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. The 4,4'-bipyridine and the two acetic acid mol-ecules are further connected through weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds to form a supra-molecular two-dimensional network parallel to the (001) plane. The two pyridine rings make a dihe...

Hexafluorophosphate salts of mononuclear complexes [Ru(II)Cl(L)(terpy)]+ (L = dmbpy (1); dpbpy (2), sambpy (3), and dpp (7), and binuclear complexes [Ru(II)2Cl2(dpp)(terpy)2]2+ (8) and [Ir(III)Ru(II)Cl2(dpp)(terpy)2]3+ (9) were prepared and characterized. Abbreviations of the ligands are bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, dmbpy = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, dpbpy = 4,4'-diphenyl-2,2'-bipyridine, dpp = 2...