Magnesium iodide–4,4′‐bipyridine–water (1/3/4) and strontium iodide–4,4′‐bipyridine–propan‐1‐ol (1/2.5/2) |
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Authors: | Brian W. Skelton A. Fiona Waters Claire R. Whitaker Allan H. White |
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Abstract: | Both of the title compounds, catena‐poly[[[tetraaquamagnesium(I)]‐μ‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐κ2N:N′] diiodide bis(4,4′‐bipyridine) solvate], {[Mg(C10H8N2)(H2O)4]I2·2C10H8N2}n, (I), and catena‐poly[[[μ‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐bis[diiodobis(propan‐1‐ol)strontium(I)]]‐di‐μ‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐κ4N:N′] bis(4,4′‐bipyridine) solvate], {[Sr2I4(C10H8N2)3(C3H8O)4]·2C10H8N2}n, (II), are one‐dimensional polymers which are single‐ and double‐stranded, respectively, the metal atoms being linked by the 4,4′‐bipyridine moieties. The Mg complex, (I), is [cis‐{(H2O)4Mg(N‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐N′)(2/2)}](∞|∞)I2·4,4′‐bipyridine and Mg has a six‐coordinate quasi‐octahedral coordination environment. The Sr complex, (II), is isomorphous with its previously defined Ba counterpart [Kepert, Waters & White (1996). Aust. J. Chem. 49 , 117–135], being [(propan‐1‐ol)2I2Sr(N‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐N′)(3/2)](∞|∞)·4,4′‐bipyridine, with the I atoms trans‐axial in a seven‐coordinate pentagonal–bipyramidal Sr environment. |
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