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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
Published on: August 2, 2012
Water driven formation of channels: unusual solid-state structural transformation of a heterometallic polymer
Franco Scalambra1, Manuel Serrano-Ruiz, Antonio Romerosa
1Área de Química Inorgánica-CIESOL, Universidad de Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain. romerosa@ual.es.
Abstract:
The backbone hetero-organometallic polymer trans-{[RuCp(PTA)2-μ-CN-RuCp(PTA)2-μ-CoCl3]}n·(DMSO)n (1·DMSO) has been synthesized and transformed into cis-{[{RuCp(PTA)2-μ-CN-1κC:2κ2N-RuCp(PTA)2}-μ-CoCl3]}n·{[RuCp(PTA)2-μ-CN-1κC:2κ2N-RuCp(PTA)2]Cl}0.5n·(15H2O)n (2·15H2O) by addition of water to crystallization media (PTA = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane). The new polymer 2·15H2O presents a nano-channeled molecular packing with pores filled by water molecules. The crystal structures of 1·DMSO and 2·15H2O and the transformation process are herein presented and discussed.
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