2,2'-Bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid is a heterocyclic building block.1,2 It has been used in the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks for water oxidation, organic photocatalysis, and carbon dioxide reduction.
|1. Bloch, E.D., Britt, D., Lee, C., et al. Metal insertion in a microporous metal-organic framework lined with 2,2'-bipyridine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132(41), 14382-14384 (2010).|2. Wang, C., Xie, Z., deKrafft, K.E., et al. Doping metal-organic frameworks for water oxidation, carbon dioxide reduction, and organic photocatalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133(34), 13445-13454 (2011).