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Yibao Li1, Keqing Zhao, Yanlian Yang
1Key Laboratory of Organo-pharmaceutical Chemistry, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Two-component supramolecular networks have been constructed with a symmetric triphenylene derivative with three carboxyl groups (sym-TTT) and melamine. Two kinds of hydrogen bonds with different strength are involved in the multi-component self-assembly, one is H-bond between carboxyl group of sym-TTT and melamine, the other is intermolecular H-bond between melamine molecules. These interactions drive a structural transformation from close-packed network to hexagonal network with active amino groups inside of the cavity. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements reveal that the functionalized network of sym-TTT/melamine could recognise Fe(3+). These results could be helpful for designing functionalized molecular networks by multi-component self-assembling strategy.
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