
%0 Journal Article
%A Yang, Jin-Hua 
%A Zheng, Shao-Liang 
%A Tao, Jun 
%A Liu, Gao-Feng 
%A Chen, Xiao-Ming 
%T Hydrogen-Bonded Three-Dimensional Molecular Architectures Featuring Carboxylate&#8211;Imidazole&#8211;Zinc Triad Systems
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2002/12/23
%V 55
%N 11
%P 741-744
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH02126
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH02126 
%X Two complexes, [Zn(Him)2(mpa)] (1) and [Zn(Him)2(tpa)]&#x00B7;H2O (2) (Him = imidazole, mpa = m-phthalate, and tpa = terephthalate), have been prepared and structurally characterized, revealing two different three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded molecular architectures. Each features [Zn(Him)2(dicarboxylate)] zigzag polymeric chains and intermolecular N&#8211;H&#8230;O hydrogen bonds between the uncoordinated Him nitrogen atoms and carboxylate oxygen atoms that are similar to the carboxylate&#8211;histidine&#8211;zinc triad systems in zinc(II) enzymes. The lattice water molecules in complex (2) play a critical role in the formation of a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded molecular architecture. 
