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We are using the coordinating anion tetrakis(imidazolyl)borate to construct new metal-organic framework structures. In this report, we present three alkaline earth metal network solids incorporating this anion. All three compounds have the same formula, M[B(Im)(4)](2)(H(2)O)(2) (M = Mg, Ca, Sr), and the same coordination environment about the metal. However, the three compounds have different network structures with different degrees of hydrogen bonding; the Mg material forms a two-dimensional network and the Ca and Sr compounds form one-dimensional chains. In addition, we present the structure of the protonated anion B(HIm)(Im)(3) as a model for the default structure of this anion and discuss how the conformation of tetrakis(imidazolyl)borate can affect the structure of network solids.

To improve understanding of copper at the active site of Type 1 copper proteins, Cu(I) and Cu(II) complexes of 1,8-dithia-4,11-diazacyclotetradecane, shown in , have been successfully isolated and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. In these compounds, both Cu(I) and Cu(II) are centered in the plane of the macrocycle containing two sulphur and two nitrogen heteroatoms comprising the distorted tetrahedral/square planar coordination geometry. The UV/VIS spectra, electrochemistry and EPR properties have been obtained for the Cu(II) complex 2. Three absorption bands at 295 nm, 354 nm, and 545 nm are observed in aqueous solution at a pH of 5. These bands have been assigned to the N → Cu(II) and S → Cu(II) charge transfer bands and the d-d transitions respectively. The Cu(I/II) redox midpoint potential of complex 2 in CH3CN is +403 mV versus NHE.

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