Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.7, 678-679, 2001
Self-assembly and X-ray structure determination of the novel 2-D layered organic-inorganic hybrid Pb-X compound: [PbX2(4,4'-bipy)](n) (X=I,Br)
Two novel organic-inorganic hybrid compounds, [PbI2(4,4 ' -bipy)](n) (1) and [PbBr2(4,4 ' -bipy)](n) (2), are synthesized by self-assembly. X-ray crystallography analysis shows that the [PbI2], chains in 1 are linked by 4,4 ' -bipyridine to form a layer, via Pb-N bonding along the direction of the 'b' axis.