A self-assembled non-interpenetrating cubic diamondoid coordination polymer of hexamine with linear dicopper spacer: Structural and magnetic studies

Abstract Structural characterization of a new self assembled coordination polymer of Cu II , hexamine (hmt) and benzoate (OBz), [Cu 4 (OBz) 8 (hmt)] n (1), reveals that it is a cubic non-interpenetrating diamondoid network formed by the coordination of the μ 4 -hmt ligand to a linear [Cu 2 (OBz) 4 ] spacer. The magnetic study reveals that the Cu(II) ions are antiferromagnetically coupled (J = − 323.5 cm −1 ) through the syn – syn carboxylate bridges.