A new highly-connected 3D [Co4(μ3-OH)2] cluster-based framework from different dicarboxylates and N-donor co-ligands: Synthesis, structure and magnetic property

A new 3D [Co4(μ3-OH)2] cluster-based coordination framework, involving two different dicarboxylates ndc2 − and adc2 − along with secondary N-donor spacer bip, was prepared, which displays a rare 8-connected self-penetrating ilc net that can interestingly be regarded as the crosslink of two interpenetrating 6-connected pcu networks. In addition, the thermal stability and magnetic property of 1 were also investigated.