DOI: 10.1039/d3qi01213a ISSN:
The transformation of a zero-dimensional cluster into a one-dimensional chain structure achieving a dramatically enhanced birefringence in tin(ii )-based oxalates
Liying Ren, Linhong Cheng, Xiaoyan Zhou, Jinxuan Ren, Liling Cao, Ling Huang, Xuehua Dong, Yuqiao Zhou, Daojiang Gao, Guohong Zou - Inorganic Chemistry
Through rational molecular engineering, a crystal structure is transformed from a 0D cluster of K2Sn(C2O4)2·H2O to a 1D chain of (K2Sn2(C2O4)2F2·H2O), and the corresponding birefringence increases dramatically from 0.103@546 nm to 0.301@546 nm.