A novel coordination polymer containing both interdigitated 1D chains and interpenetrated 2D grids
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Self-assembling Morphologies Obtained from Helical Polycarbodiimide Copolymers and Their Triazole Derivatives
Published on: February 7, 2017
Ponnaiyan Ayyappan1, Owen R Evans, Wenbin Lin
1Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Abstract:
A hydro(solvo)thermal reaction between zinc perchlorate and ethyl ester of a new pyridinecarboxylate bridging ligand of approximately 17.6 A in length yields a unique coordination polymer which contains both interdigitated infinite 1D chains and interpenetrated 2D rhombohedral grids [Zn(2.5)(L)(4)(mu(3)-OH)] x (H(2)O)(5), 1, where L is 3-[[4-(4-pyridylethenyl)phenyl]ethenyl]benzoate. The 1D chains contain mu(3)-bridged hydroxy groups and have a [Zn(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(L)(6)] stoichiometry, while the 2D grids have a Zn(L)(2) formula and diagonal distances of 31.7 and 25.2 A. Crystal data for 1: monoclinic space group P2/c, a = 15.686(2) A, b = 12.6103(16) A, c = 38.999(5) A, beta = 98.397(2) degrees, and Z = 4.
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