A novel 3-D chiral coordination polymer:: hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of [Co3(μ3-OH)([μ5-btc)(μ6-Hbtc)(H2O)3 • 6H2O]n

A chiral 3-D open-framework coordination polymer [Co-3(mu(3)-OH)(mu(5)-btc)(mu(6)-Hbtc)(H2O)(3) . 6H(2)O]n was successfully obtained from the mixture of Co(CH3COO)(2) . 4H(2)O, H(3)btc (where H(3)btc = benzene- 1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid), NaOH and H2O under hydrothermal condition, which contains a novel and unprecedented coordination mode of btc (see Scheme 1). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.