Self-assembly of a chiral three-dimensional manganese(II)-copper(II) coordination polymer with a double helical architecture

Abstract

The use of the anionic dicopper(ii) complex, [CuII(mpba) 2]4- [mpba = N,N′-1,3-phenylenebis(oxamate)], as tetrakis(bidentate) metalloligand toward MnII ions in the presence of oxalate and the chiral (S)-trimethyl-(1-phenylethyl)ammonium cation affords the first example of a mixed oxalato/oxamato-based chiral 3D metal-organic polymer. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.