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One‐ and two‐dimensional coordination polymers composed of a structurally flexible, tetradentate diisopyrazole ligand and copper(I) halides were synthesized as crystalline solids. Complexation with copper(I) chloride or bromide resulted in the formation of infinite coordination chains through connecting each diisopyrazole ligand with two copper(I) ions in a trigonal planar coordination geometry. Contrarily, the combination of a diisopyrazole ligand and copper(I) iodide gave a two‐dimensional coordination network comprising Cu4I4 units with stair‐step type geometry and diisopyrazoles that acted as both tetradentate and bidentate bridging ligands. All the coordination polymers exhibited visible photo‐emission upon UV irradiation, and the Cu4I4 complex showed thermochromic behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Front Cover: Luminescent Coordination Polymers Constructed from a Flexible, Tetradentate Diisopyrazole Ligand and Copper(I) Halides (Chem. B An ethylene-bridged diisopyrazole ligand b forms one- and two-dimensional luminescent coordination polymers through complexation with Cu(I) halides. Copper halide, coordination polymer, polyimine, luminescence. [Extracted from the article]