In(OH)BDC•0.75BDCH2 (BDC = benzenedicarboxylate), a hybrid inorganic-organic vernier structure

The compound In(OH)BDC·0.75BDCH2 (BDC = benzenedicarboxylate), 1, has been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure comprises two distinct sublattices formed by a covalently linked In(OH)BDC lattice and ordered chains of hydrogen-bonded H2BDC molecules and can be described as a hybrid inorganic coordination polymer-organic vernier structure. Each InO6 octahedron of the octahedral chain has a length of 3.6 Å along the chain axis, whereas each H2BDC molecule has a length of 9.6 Å along the guest column axis. Therefore, a unit of eight InO6 octahedra of the octahedral chain is just in registry with three H2BDC molecules of the guest column giving a repeat unit of 28.76 Å along the channel axis direction. Copyright © 2005 American Chemical Society.