Novel 3-D interpenetrated metal–organometallic networks based on self-assembled Zn( ii )/Cu( ii ) from 1,1′-ferrocenedicarboxylic acid and 4,4′-bipyridine

The first examples of 3-D metal-organometallic networks (MOMNs) bearing 1,1'-ferrocenyldicarboxylate ligands have been obtained. These MOMNs exhibit a diamondoid-like network topology with 3-fold interpenetration described with point symbols for a net with loops, {66}{6}2. Their electrochemical properties were evaluated by solution-state differential pulse voltammetry.