A new trinuclear Cu(II) complex of inositol as a hydrogelator

A trinuclear copper(II) complex with inositol and 2,2'-bipyridine forms a. brous hydrogel at pH 12.4, the assembly of discrete trinuclear complex molecules to form the metallogel being assisted by H-bonding and inter- and intramolecular pi-stacking between the bipyridyls.