A new semiconducting coordination polymer consisting of copper(I)-iodide and 3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde

A new semiconducting one-dimensional coordination polymer, [CuII(3-Py-CHO)]n (3-Py-CHO = 3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde), consisting of an infinite copper(I)-iodide ladder chain and a pendant ligand, 3-Py-CHO, was prepared and structurally characterized using X-ray diffraction analysis.169