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A novel one-dimensional (1D) helical chain polymer, {[CoL2(H2O)](H3O)(ClO4)}n (1) (HL = 4-N-(2′-pyridylimine)benzoic acid), was synthesized by reaction of Co(II) perchlorate with L anion in ethanol solution, and characterized by element analyses, infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. In this structure, the Co2+ ion is in a distorted octahedral geometry, an infinite 1D helical chain was constructed by L ligand through bidentate-monodentate bridging modes and are further assembled into three-dimensional supramolecular networks through complicated O–H···O hydrogen bonding interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A novel Cu(II) mixed-ligand complex, {[Cu(sq)(L)(H2O)]· 0.9H2O}n (1) (sq = squarate dianion, L = 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine), has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, infrared (IR), and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. In 1, each copper(II) ion has a five-coordinated environment with square pyramidal geometry. A one-dimensional (1D) chain structure of the complex is constructed by squarate in μ-1,2-bis(monodentate) coordination mode and further forms a two-dimensional (2D) framework via “metal chelate–metal chelate ring” π–π stacking interactions between the adjacent chains. This unexpected π–π stacking interaction provides structural evidence for the metalloaromaticity of the Cu(II)-(aromatic α,α′-diimines) chelate rings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]