Catalytic transesterification reactions of one-dimensional coordination polymers containing paddle-wheel-type units connected by various bridging ligands

The paddle-wheel [Cu2(O2CPh)4] units are connected by various bridging ligands to form one-dimensional chain compounds formulated as [Cu2(O2CPh)4(μ-L)]. [[Cu2(O2CPh)4](μ-bpp)[Cu(O2CPh)2]]n consists of [Cu2(O2CPh)4] units and [Cu(O2CPh)2] units connected by bpp alternatively. These compounds catalyzed efficiently the transesterification of a variety of esters.