(四)1.A striking structural feature of this polymer is the alternating
assembly of the two distinct homo-chiral helices along the crystallographic b axis (Fig. 2). One helix is formed by hydroxo
bridging Zn(II) atoms. The Zn…Zn distance bridged by a hydroxo anion is about 3.573 Å, and the pitch of the helix is about 5.824 Å. The other type of helix is constructed by spcp bridged between the Zn(II) centers, displaying an opposite helical orientation to the former helix. The Zn…Zn distance bridged by spcp is about 11.527 Å, and the pitch of the helix is identical with the former. The dimension of the [Zn-spcp] helical tube is about 1.0 3 0.7 nm, which is close to those observed in others due to the large size of the spcp ligand. Furthermore, the formation of [Zn-spcp] helical tube is due to the sp3 configurations of C and S of the –CH2S– spacer, forcing
the spcp ligand to be nonlinear and generating the twisty helical
conformation.