Synthesis and the Crystal Structure of a New Chiral 1D Metal-Organic Coordination Polymer Based on L-Prolineamide-Substituted Diarylacetylenedicarboxylic Acid Derivative.

The new homochiral 1D metal-organic coordination polymer [ Cu 2 (EDPB)•H 2 O] n was synthesized starting from the original 3,3'-ethyne-1,2-diylbis[6-(L-prolylamino)benzoic acid] (H 4 EDPB). The unique crystal structure of the new compound was established by powder X-ray diffraction. The [ Cu 2 (EDPB)•H 2 O] n system shows catalytic activity and enantioselectivity in a Henry reaction of p -nitrobenzaldehyde with nitromethane.