Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.10, 988-989, 2002
Synthesis and structure of a 3D cobalt(II) coordination polymer with 1,4-bis(imidazole-1-ylmethyl)benzene
Treatment of 1,4-bis(imidazole-1-ylmethyl)benzene (bix) with Co(OAc)(2) in organic/inorganic solution gives the complex [Co(bix)(3)].2OH.CH3OH.3H(2)O (1), which forms an open three-dimensional framework. The specific channels in 1 occupied by solvent molecules, indicate that 1 might be an attractive functional microporous solid materials.