Abstract
Two metal-organic coordination polymers [Cu(bpy)(2)(H2O)(2)](NO3)(2)center dot 4.5C(2)H(5)OH (1) and [Cu-2(bpy)(H2O)(L-pha)(2)](NO3)(2)center dot H2O (2) (L-Hpha = L-phenylalanine, bpy = 4,4'-bipyridyl) are prepared by slow evaporation of an aqueous alcoholic solution of copper nitrate, L-phenylalanine, and 4,4'-bipyridyl. The structure and composition of the obtained compounds are determined by single crystal XRD. The framework of compound 1 is positively charged and forms two types of intersecting channels. Compound 2 is a homochiral metal-organic coordination polymer whose structure contains L-phenylalanine anions.