The present work assesses the ability of two flexible bis-tetrazole organosulfur ligands to build up different metallosupramolecular compounds based on the analysis of the different supramolecular interactions. The reaction of copper(II) chloride dihydrate with the N,N’-donor dithioether ligands bis(1-methyl-1H-tetrazole-5-ylthio)methane (BMTTM) and 1,2-bis(1-methyl-1H-tetrazole-5-ylthio)ethane (BMTTE) was investigated using different synthetic methods. Four compounds have been obtained as single crystals: two pseudopolymorphic 1D Cu(II) coordination polymers with the ligand BMTTM, a 2D Cu(II) coordination polymer and a discrete Cu(I) tetramer with the BMTTE ligand. The effects of the weak interactions on the crystal packing and the Hirshfeld surfaces of the structures were analyzed to clarify the nature of the intermolecular interactions.

The synthesis and crystal structure of a monoclinic (P21/c) polymorph of the title compound, C6H10S2N8, are reported. The molecule has pseudo-twofold rotational symmetry, with the tetrazole rings being inclined to one another by 5.50 (6)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked by C—H...N hydrogen bonds, forming chains propagating along [101] and enclosingR22(20) ring motifs. The chains are linked by offset π–π interactions involving the tetrazole rings [intercentroid distances vary from 3.3567 (7) to 3.4227 (7) Å], forming layers parallel to theacplane. The crystal structure of the triclinic polymorph (P\overline{1}) has been described previously [Liet al.(2011).Acta Cryst.E67, o1669].

Polymorphism is a common phenomenon in crystalline materials but it has barely been studied in the field of metal organic frameworks. The study of polymorphism is useful to investigate structure–property...

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The biomolecule chelidonic acid (H2chel, 4-oxo-4H-pyran-2,6-dicarboxylic acid) has been used to build new coordination polymers with the bridging N,N’-ligands 4,4′-bipyridine (4,4-bipy) and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (bpe). Four compounds have been obtained as single crystals: 1D cationic coordination polymers [M(4,4-bipy)(OH2)4]2+ with chelidonate anions and water molecules in the second coordination sphere in 1∞[Zn(4,4-bipy)(H2O)4]chel·3H2O (2) and in the two pseudopolymorphic 1∞[Cu(4,4-bipy)(H2O)4]chel·nH2O (n = 3, 4a; n = 6, 4b), and the 2D neutral coordination polymers 2∞[Zn(chel)(4,4-bipy)(H2O)]·2H2O (1) and 2∞[Zn(chel)(bpe)(H2O)]·H2O (3) where the chelidonate anion acts as a bridging ligand. The effects of the hydrogen bonds on the crystal packing were analyzed. The role of the water molecules hosted within the crystals lattices was also studied.