
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Yang, Jin-Hua 
A1  - Zheng, Shao-Liang 
A1  - Tao, Jun 
A1  - Liu, Gao-Feng 
A1  - Chen, Xiao-Ming 
T1  - Hydrogen-Bonded Three-Dimensional Molecular Architectures Featuring Carboxylate&#8211;Imidazole&#8211;Zinc Triad Systems
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 55
IS  - 11
SP  - 741
EP  - 744
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH02126 
N2  - 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. 
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