In the past two decades, the vast classes of coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) have received deep attention in both the academic and industrial …

In 1967 Pederson reported the synthesis of macrocyclic crown ethers and their ability to
selectively bind alkali and alkaline earth ions, 1, 2 and since then supramolecular …

Oxidative transformations involve the conversion of organic substrates, through various
processes to obtain oxygenates such as alcohols, phenolic and carbonyl compounds which …

This Perspective summarises the chemistry of the pyrazole ring, and reviews the metal
coordination modes adopted by 1H-pyrazoles and their anions. Pyrazolide anions are …

A simplified, facile route was applied for the synthesis of Cu (bpy)(H2O) 2 (BF4) 2 (bpy)[Cu-
MOF] from Cu (BF4) 2⋅ H2O and 4, 4′-bipyridine in aqueous ethanol. The Cu-MOF catalyst …

Metallacrowns (MCs) obtained by changing the single bond [Csingle bondCsingle bondO]
single bond fragments of organic crown ethers on single bond [Msingle bondNsingle bondO] …

Formation of the trinuclear triangular copper derivative [Cu3 (μ3-OH)(μ-pz) 3 (EtCOO) 2
(H2O)]⊙ H2O, 1b (Hpz= pyrazole), has been simply achieved by addition of Hpz to a water …

The construction of polyoxometalate (POM)-based coordination polymers, in the presence of
a nitrogen heterocyclic ligand, is intriguing due to the potential for obtaining diverse …

Two new trinuclear copper (II) complexes,[Cu3 (μ3-OH)(daat)(Hdat) 2 (ClO4) 2 (H2O)
3](ClO4) 2· 2H2O (1) and [Cu3 (μ3-OH)(aaat) 3 (H2O) 3](ClO4) 2· 3H2O (2)(daat= 3, 5 …

The reactions of pyrazole (Hpz) with some copper (II) carboxylates in the presence of water
yield trinuclear copper derivatives characterized by the triangular core [Cu3 (μ 3-OH)(μ-pz) 3 …