A new Zn(ii) coordination polymer with 4-pyridylthioacetate: assemblies of homo-chiral helices with sulfide sitesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: TG and DTA traces. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b205866a/

Abstract

A coordination polymer [Zn(pyta)(OH)] (pyta = 4-pyridylthioacetate), was synthesized and structurally characterized; it is constructed by an alternating assembly of two types of homo-chiral helices, [Zn-OH] and [Zn-pyta], in which the sulfide moieties are fastened in the latter columns.