Alexander J. Blake, Stuart J. Hill, Peter Hubberstey and Wan-Sheung Li
The complex
[Cu(µ-4,4′-bipy)(H2O)2(FBF3)
2]·4,4′-bipy
(4,4′-bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine), in which copper
atoms are linked by Cu–4,4′-bipy–Cu and
Cu–OH2
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4,4′-bipy
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H2O–Cu assemblies, involving co-ordinated and
hydrogen bonded 4,4′-bipy, respectively, to form two-dimensional
rectangular grid sheets, has been isolated and structurally
characterised.