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CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2279 - 2281, DOI: 10.1039/b907918a

Adding the second dimension with cadmium: two-dimensional sheets assembled from cadmium(II) and 4-phenyl-4,2:6,4-terpyridine and locked by -stacked interactions

Edwin C. Constable, Guoqi Zhang, Catherine E. Housecroft, Markus Neuburger and Jennifer A. Zampese

4-Phenyl-4,2:6,4-terpyridine (3) reacts with Cd(NO3)2·4H2O in MeOH–CHCl3 to produce [Cd(3)2(ONO2)2·MeOH·CHCl3]n in high yield; two sets of undulating chains built up from trans-related ligands result in the formation of two-dimensional sheets, locked together by efficient -stacking involving the phenyl substituents.

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