Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.12, 1172-1173, 2003
Molecular recognition by a Cu(II)-2,2'-bipyridine complex involving coordination and hydrogen bonding
A novel Cu(II) complex bearing a 2,2'-bipyridine derivative with malonylamide moieties showed regioselective molecular recognition behaviour toward m-aminobenzoic acid by both coordination and hydrogen bonding and this recognition should be an induced fit to the flexible recognition site of the Cu(II) complex.