Rational synthesis of a two-dimensional honeycomb structure based on a paramagnetic paddlewheel diruthenium complex

A novel 2-D coordination polymer with honeycomb (6,3) net topology is constructed from a paramagnetic paddlewheel diruthenium tetrabenzoate, [Ru II 2(O2CPh)4], as a linear linker motif and triazine as a three-connected node; the RuII2 cores are positioned on nodes of a 2-D Kagome lattice.