A hybrid compound based on octamolybdates and a rigid multidentate ligand: synthesis, structure and characterization

Abstract

[Cu₈L₈(β-Mo₈O₂₆)(γ-Mo₈O₂₆)]·3H₂O, L = 2,4,5-tri(4-pyridyl)-imidazole, represents the first example with two types of 2D → 2D parallel interpenetration frameworks, one has the (β-Mo₈O₂₆)⁴⁻ isomer, the other has the (γ-Mo₈O₂₆)⁴⁻ isomer. Furthermore, the two 2D networks in one 2D → 2D parallel interpenetration framework are different, one is a CuL network, the other is a CuLMo₈ network.