Temperature-controlled hydrothermal synthesis of a 2D ferromagnetic coordination bilayered polymer and a novel 3D network with inorganic CO3(OH)2 ferrimagnetic chains

A 2D bilayered ferromagnetic coordination polymer, generated by lower-temperature hydrothermal reactions of cobalt(II) salt with the 3,4-pyridinedicarboxylate dianion, was controlled to transform into a 3D magnetic coordination network with Co-3(OH)(2) ferrimagnetic chains at a higher temperature.