In situ formation of meso-2,2′-oxydisuccinate via intermolecular dehydration coupling of<scp>d</scp>,<scp>l</scp>-malic acid: first coordination polymer of 2,2′-oxydisuccinate involving ether oxygen coordination: [Cd₂(meso-odsc)(H₂O)]

Abstract

The first coordination polymer of 2,2′-oxydisuccinate, [Cd2(meso-odsc)(H2O)] (odsc = meso-2,2′-oxydisuccinate), was hydrothermally synthesized from CdSO4 and D,L-malic acid; X-ray crystallography shows that the D,L-malic acid was transformed in situ into meso-odsc via intermolecular dehydration coupling.