Product Name:1,4-Bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,3,5,6-tetramethylbenzeneSynonymous:bimx ; BTIB ; p-tmbix ; p-bitmb;1,1'-[(2,3,5,6-Tetramethyl-1,4-phenylene)bis(methylene)]bis[1H-imidazole] CAS:1012075-54-5
Basic Info
| M.F. | 
C18H22N4 | 
M.W. | 
294.39408 | 
| Appearance | 
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Properties
1)   It is soluble in DMF and DMSO
 2)   Sealed at room temperature
Appications
1) It could be used as monomer linker for MOF synthesis:[Zn(bdc)(bimx)] [r1]; [Cu(CO3)(btib)] [r2]; [Cd(BDC)(m-bitmb)(H2O)] [r4]
Characterization
Reference
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2) Inoue, Tatsunari; Yamanishi, Katsunori; Kondo, Mitsuru; Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52(9), 4765-4767,DOI: 10.1021/ic400315g ; Solvent-Soluble Coordination Polymer That Reconstructs Cyclic Frameworks That Trap a Kinetically Labile [Cu(CO3)2]2- Unit
 
3) Kose Yaman, Pelin; Arici, Mursel; Erer, Hakan; Yesilel, Okan Zafer; J. Mole. Struct. 2021, 1229, 129499, DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129499 ; The Effect of Metal Salts on The Structures of 2,2-Dimethylglutarate Complexes with a Flexible 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,3,5,6-tetramethylbenzene
 
4) Zhang, Yan; Luo, Wenping; Liu, Dongju; Xu, Yan; Li, Shun-Li; Li, Jingfu; Wu, Yong; Zhou, Yaoming; Fang, Min; Liu, Hong-Ke; Inorg. Chimi. Acta 2014, 409(PB), 512-517, DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2013.09.043 ; Structures and photoluminescence properties of two cadmium(II) coordination polymers synthesized by flexible and rigid ligands