Self-assembly of a unique extended-tetrahedral 3,3′,5,5′- tetrakis(4-pyridyl)bimesityl ligand into discrete supramolecular cubes by face-directed metal coordination

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-72

  Natarajan, Ramalingam ^a   Savitha, Govardhan ^a   Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; LIGAND; METAL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 12844281636     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg049683a     Document Type: Article

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