Issue 21, 2000

A net-based approach to coordination polymers

Abstract

True crystal engineering of coordination polymers with useful structure-based properties by design remains a distant prospect. The exploratory, experimental net-based approach to the construction of coordination polymers described in this article has provided a few examples of structures obtained by design, but also serendipitously revealed numbers of unprecedented and interesting structures that were totally unexpected. Further work with coordination polymers can confidently be expected to provide many similar surprises. It is proposed that carefully designed connecting ligands capable of binding metal centres strongly and predictably at chelating sites may afford improved structural control in network assembly and more robust network structures.

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
04 may 2000
Accepted
23 iyn 2000
First published
09 okt 2000

J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000, 3735-3744

A net-based approach to coordination polymers

R. Robson, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000, 3735 DOI: 10.1039/B003591M

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