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Synthesis of a Water-soluble Metal–Organic Complex Array
Published on: October 8, 2016
First exfoliated Ru-Ru-Au organometallic polymer with layered structure
Franco Scalambra1, Benjamin Sierra-Martin2, Manuel Serrano-Ruiz2
1Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain. romerosa@ual.es and Inorganic Chemistry Lab-CIESOL, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
Abstract:
A new water soluble heterometallic polymeric complex [{(PTA)2CpRu-μ-CN-1κC:2κ2N-RuCp(PTA)2}-μ-{Au(CN)4}4]n·2H2O (1) is synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. This complex self-assembles forming 3D polymeric structures with large scale hexagonal conformation. They also organize as 3D stacks of polymer sandwiches that can be exfoliated providing mono heterometallic-3D layers, as shown by electron microscopy. Regarding the polymer dynamics, quasi-elastic neutron scattering shows a transition from vibrational Debye-Waller behaviour to a more dynamically active state as a result of the loss of structural water molecules.
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