3-(4-Pyridyl)-acetylacetone – a fully featured substituted pyridine and a flexible linker for complex materials

3-(4-Pyridyl)-acetylacetone (HacacPy) may be used as an N donor ligand in coordination chemistry and in thermal degradation, and its metal complex Fe(acacPy)₃ can act as a poly(pyridine) bridge between two or three cations.

Enantiopure and racemic alanine as bridging ligands in Ca and Mn chain polymers

Chain polymers crystallize from aqueous solutions of Ca^II and Mn^II halides with enantiopure or racemic alanine to form a series of closely related structure types.