Issue 11, 2013

Molecular tectonics: chiral 1- and 2-D zinc coordination networks based on chiral porphyrins bearing pyridyl and ethynylpyridyl appended units

Abstract

Two chiral porphyrin based ligands bearing, at their opposite meso positions, two appended pyridyl or ethynylpyridyl units and chiral groups have been designed. For each ligand, both enantiomers were synthesised. In the presence of the Zn(II) cation, the chiral ligands become self-complementary chiral metallatectons upon binding of the metal centre by the tetraaza core of the porphyrin. Owing to the presence of both free coordinating pyridyl units and Zn atoms offering one or two coordination sites within the same entity, depending on the coordination number adopted by the metal centre, chiral 1D stair type networks and 2D grid type architectures are formed. Surprisingly, for the 2D network, although the removal of CHCl3 solvent molecules leads to the loss of structural integrity, the solvent-free crystals are nevertheless formed by changing the crystallisation conditions and the solvent mixture.

Graphical abstract: Molecular tectonics: chiral 1- and 2-D zinc coordination networks based on chiral porphyrins bearing pyridyl and ethynylpyridyl appended units

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jun 2013
Accepted
25 Aug 2013
First published
29 Aug 2013

New J. Chem., 2013,37, 3549-3558

Molecular tectonics: chiral 1- and 2-D zinc coordination networks based on chiral porphyrins bearing pyridyl and ethynylpyridyl appended units

N. Marets, V. Bulach and M. W. Hosseini, New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 3549 DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00591G

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