Tetrakis(thiourea)platinum(ii) oxocarbodianions salts as molecular building blocks for the synthesis of hydrogen bonded networks in the solid state

Abstract

Crystallization of tetrakis(thiourea)platinum(II) with squarate, croconate and rhodizonate dianions leads to the formation of different hydrogen bonded networks. The solvent used in the crystallization plays a central role in the nature of the hydrogen bonded network obtained, templating different structures from the same molecular building blocks.