Ni 2 (R*COO) 4 (H 2 O)(4,4′-bipy) 2 —a robust homochiral quartz-like network with large chiral channels

Abstract

The generation of a chiral network of composition, Ni2(R*COO)4(H2O)(4,4′-bipy)2 (R*COO− = dehydroabietate), was achieved through the deliberate use of enantiomerically pure carboxylic acid, dehydroabietic acid, under hydrothermal conditions.