Designed Synthesis of Co(II) Coordination Polymers for Evaluation of Structural Transformations

Five coordination polymers constructed from Co(II) salts, N‚N' -bis(3-pyridylmethyl)oxalamide ( L ) and 4,4’-methylenedibenzoic acid (H 2 MBA), {[Co( L )(MBA)(H 2 O)]·H 2 O} n , 1 , {[Co( L )(MBA)]·4H 2 O} n , 2, {[Co( L )(MBA)]·0.25H 2 O} n , 3 , [Co( L )(MBA)(H 2 O) 2 ]n, 4 ,{[Co( L ) 0.5 (MBA)(H 2 O) 2 ]·CH 3 OH} n , 5 , are reported, which have been structurally characterized by...