A new family of single-stranded helices coordination polymers with mixed ligands, [M
2(phen)
2(
e,a-cis-1,4-chdc)
2(H
2O)
2]
n (
1, M = Co;
2, M = Ni; chdc = cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid; phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), were preparedunder hydrother
mal conditions and characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectra, TG analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. X-ray crystal structural analyses reveal that
1 and
2 are isomorphic and belongto the monoclinic system. C
40H
36Co
2N
4O
10,
P2
1/
c,
a = 10.0566(5) Å,
b = 8.8843(5) Å,
c = 20.2912(14) Å,
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Z = 2 for
1; and C
40H
36Ni
2N
4O
10,
P2
1/
c,
a = 9.8921(6) Å,
b = 9.0151(4) Å,
c = 20.1628(17) Å,
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Z = 2 for
2. In the structures of
1 and
2, the 1,4-chdc ligand possesses only one kind of
e,a-
cis-confor
mation although there are both
cis- and
trans-confor
mations in the raw
material. Two oxygen atoms of onecarboxyl in 1,4-chdc ligand and another oxygen atom of contraposition carboxyl link adjacent Co or Ni atoms intoan infinite 1-D zigzag chain. The most attractive structural feature of
1 and
2 is that they both exhibit an infinitechiral chainlike structure with 2
1 helices along the
b axis. In addition, the right-handed and the left-handed chainsare alternate. Meanwhile, the adjacent chains of
1 and
2 are linked via hydrogen bonds into 2-D network structures,which further form 3-D frameworks via
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