Article: New crystallography findings from Kyungpook National University published.

"The title compound, [Zn(C8H6O3)(2)(C12H12N2)](n), consists of [Zn(Hopa)(2)] (H(2)opa = 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid or mandelic acid) units bridged by 1,2-di-4-pyridylethane (bpe) ligands, forming a polymeric chain developing parallel to the b axis," scientists in South Korea report.

"The bridging bpe ligand is arranged around a twofold axis passing through the middle of the ethane C-C bond. The geometry around the Zn-II ion is distorted octahedral, constructed by four O atoms from two Hopa(-) ligands and two N atoms from two bridging bpe ligands," wrote S.M. Yu and colleagues, Kyungpook National University.

The researchers concluded: "O-H center dot ...

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