An octacobaltcluster based, (3,12)-connected, magnetic, porous coordination polymer

Lei Hou, Wei-Xiong Zhang, Jie-Peng Zhang,* Wei Xue, Yue-Biao Zhang, and Xiao-Ming Chen
Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 6311-6313
Solvothermal reaction of CoSO4 with 2,6-di-p-carboxyphenyl-4,4′-bipyridine affords a novel, octacobalt cluster based, (3,12)-connected porous framework, which exhibits gas sorption and spin-glassy magnetic behaviour.