Controlling aromatic inclusion within nonaqueous copper iodide coordination polymers

The formation and characterization of two novel coordination polymers based upon copper iodide and pyrazine have been observed that demonstrate varyin g aromatic inclusion. By changing the solvent from 1,2-dichlorobenzene to n itrobenzene, the ability to include the solvent as a guest molecule within the two-dimensional coordination polymer has been realized. In the nitroben zene example, unlike the 1,2-dichlorobenzene example, honeycomb shaped cavi ties form along the polymeric chain that allows aromatic inclusion.