Cover Picture: Structure Determination of Homoleptic AuI, AgI, and CuI Aryl/Alkylethynyl Coordination Polymers by X‐ray Powder Diffraction (Chem. Eur. J. 6/2005)

Abstract

Polymeric structures are found for one of a series of homoleptic coordination polymers [(RCCM)n] (M=CuI, AgI, and AuI) that have been structurally characterized. The paper by C.‐M. Che et al. on page 1739 ff. describes the characterization by means of X‐ray powder diffraction measurements of several such complexes. Solid‐state properties including photoluminescence, ν(CC) stretching frequencies and thermal stability of these polymeric systems are discussed in the context of the determined structures. The picture shows the structure and diffraction data for the polymer chain [(PhCCCu)∞].