Citation: Yang, Wenbin; Lu, Canzhong; Zhuang, Honghui (2002). Hydrothermal synthesis and structures of three new copper complexes: [{Cu(2,2'-bipy}2(\b-Mo8O26)], [{Cu(py)3}2{Cu(py)2}2(\a-Mo8O26)] and [Cu(py)2]4[(SO4)Mo12O36]Electronic supplementary information (ESl) available: ESR spectra of 1 and 3, IR spectra of 1--3. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/dt/b1/b111480h/. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, , pp. 2879-.