Infinite square-grid [Cd(CN)2] n sheets linked together by either pyrazine bridges or polymerisable 1,4-bis(4-pyridyl)butadiyne bridges arranged in an unusual criss-cross fashion
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 9,p. 1049-1050
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39940001049
Abstract
The compounds Cd(CN)2·pyz (pyz = pyrazine) and Cd(CN)2·bpb [bpb = 1,4-bis(4-pyridyl)butadiyne] contain square-grid [Cd(CN)2]n sheets linked together by either pyrazine bridges or bpb bridges which criss-cross in an unusual fashion producing face-to-face stacks of pyrazine rings and collections of bpb units in which every one is sandwiched between six others, three on each side; butadiyne C4 moieties are brought thereby into close proximity (closest C ⋯ C contact 3.36 Å) and the initially colourless Cd(CN)2·bpb crystals acquire a deep blue-purple colour on exposure to light indicating diacetylene polymerisation within the crystal.Keywords
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