Crystal within a crystal

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Source: Royal Society of Chemistry

A nice example of the art and science of molecular tectonics

Combining M2+ cations (where M = Co, Ni, Cu or Zn) with 2,4,6-pyridinetricarboxylic acid, bisamidinium dications and sodium hydroxide resulted in metal complexes that interconnected into single crystals of different colours depending on the metal cation