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Self-assembling Morphologies Obtained from Helical Polycarbodiimide Copolymers and Their Triazole Derivatives
Published on: February 7, 2017
Poly[[[mu-1,1'-(butane-1,4-diyl)diimidazole-kappa2N:N'](mu-cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylato-kappa4O1,O1':O4,O4')cadmium(
Shi Zhou1, Bo Liu, Chuan Bi Li
1College of Chemistry, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title coordination compound, {[Cd(C(8)H(10)O(4))(C(10)H(14)N(4))].0.5H(2)O}(n), the 1,1'-(butane-1,4-diyl)diimidazole ligand and the cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate dianion both function in a bridging mode to link adjacent cadmium(II) centers into a two-dimensional four-connected (4,4) network. The networks are parallel to the (001) plane. Two (4,4) networks are interpenetrated in an unusual parallel mode. The compound is the first two-dimensional parallel interpenetrating (4,4) network structure based on a flexible dicarboxylate and a long bidentate N-donor ligand. The interpenetrating nets are further consolidated by water-carboxylate O-H...O hydrogen bonds.
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