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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Bestowing structure upon the pores of a supramolecular network
Baharan Karamzadeh1, Thomas Eaton, Izabela Cebula
1EaStCHEM School Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, UK. mb45@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Trigonal molecules compartmentalise the pores of a honeycomb network of 3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI) and 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine (melamine). Extending the 1,3,5-tri(phenylene-ethynylene)benzene core by a phenyl group allows for a well-defined accommodation of the molecule into two symmetry equivalent positions in the pore. The corresponding styryl or phenylene-ethynylene derivatives exceed the pore size and, thus, impede pore modification.
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