文摘
From a hydrothermal reaction using CuI, KI, and 3,3鈥?,5鈥?tetramethyl-4,4鈥?bipyrazole (TMBP), the triiodide anion I3鈥?/sup> has been integrated into the water-stable 2D coordination polymer Cu(TMBP)I3 (1). In contrast with other metal triiodide complexes, 1 features remarkably small distortions in the bond distances associated with the I3鈥?/sup> units (i.e., the Cu鈥揑 and I鈥揑 bonds), which effectively link up the copper(I) centers into infinite CuI3 chains. The electronic band gaps and electrical conductivity data are also found to be consistent with the I3鈥?/sup> ion acting as an effective linker across the copper(I) centers.