A unique noninterpenetrated 2D bilayer cobalt(II)-organic framework, [{Co(dpe)(NO₂-BDC)}·0.5(dpe)]_n·nH₂O (1), possessing nanoscale rectangular channels that clathrate large organic molecules, has been hydrothermally synthesized by reaction of cobalt(II) salt with 5-nitro-1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid (NO₂-H₂BDC) and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene.

A unique noninterpenetrated 2D bilayer cobalt(II)-organic framework, [{Co(dpe)(NO₂-BDC)}·0.5(dpe)]_n·nH₂O (1), possessing nanoscale rectangular channels that clathrate large organic molecules, has been hydrothermally synthesized by reaction of cobalt(II) salt with 5-nitro-1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid (NO₂-H₂BDC) and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene

A unique noninterpenetrated 2D bilayer cobalt (II)-organic framework, [{Co(dpe)(NO₂-BDC)}·0.5 (dpe)]_n·nH₂O (1), possessing nanoscale rectangular channels that clathrate large organic molecules, has been hydrothermally synthesized by reaction of cobalt(II) salt with 5-nitro-1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid (NO₂-H₂BDC) and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl) ethylene.

3,5-Dinitrobenzoic acid is an organic chemical that is an important corrosion inhibitor and is also used in photography. This aromatic compound is used by chemists to identify alcohol components in esters and in the fluorometric analysis of creatinine.