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A Molecular Railroad with Large Pores:  Synthesis and Structure of Ni(4,4‘-bpy)<sub>2.5</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·1.5(4,4‘-bpy)·2H<sub>2</sub>O

Omar M. Yaghi, Hailian Li, Thomas L. Groy

Inorganic Chemistry · 1997 · 394 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

The hydrothermal reaction of Ni(II) and the rodlike 4,4‘-bipyridine ligand yields an extended 1-D noninterpenetrated open framework resembling a railroad with large pores of 11 × 11 Å aperture. (4,4‘-Bipyridine is illustrated as lines, and Ni atoms are at the intersections.)

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