Issue 13, 2002

Using long bis(4-pyridyl) ligands designed for the self-assembly of coordination frameworks and architectures

Abstract

Five long bis(4-pyridyl) ligands with different tether groups, namely 1,4-phenylenebis(4-pyridylmethanone) (L1), bis(4-pyridyl)terephthalate (L2), 1,5-bis(pyridin-4-ylmethoxy)naphthalene (L3), 1,4-bis[2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzene (L4) and 4,4′-bis(pyridin-4-ylmethoxy)biphenyl (L5), have been synthesized and employed for the self-assembly of coordination polymers and architectures, with the aim of obtaining structural motifs characterized by long metal–metal separations. Six coordination products (compounds 1–6) have been obtained by reacting the ligands with cobalt(II) nitrate in all cases but one, in which zinc(II) triflate was used. The crystal structures show a variety of structural motifs. [Co(L2)(NO3)2(MeCN)]·MeCN (2) and [Co(L5)(NO3)2] (5) contain one-dimensional polymeric chains (linear, with a period of 19.64 Å in 2; zigzag, with a period of 38.65 Å in 5). [Zn(L1)(H2O)4](CF3SO3)2·(L1)2·H2O (1) and [Co(L4)2(H2O)4](NO3)2·(L4)4·(H2O)8 (4) exhibit extended three-dimensional and two-dimensional arrays, respectively, sustained both by coordinative and hydrogen bonds. Compound 3, [Co(L3)2(NO3)2]·(CH2Cl2)2, consists of two-dimensional layers of large rhombic meshes (diagonals of the rhombus 15.43 and 35.74 Å), while compound 6, [Co2(L5)4(NO3)4]·(Me2CO)2, contains discrete dinuclear molecules, consisting of large rings with appendages, which exhibit an exceptionally long dimension of 62.84 Å and form columnar supramolecular arrays.

Graphical abstract: Using long bis(4-pyridyl) ligands designed for the self-assembly of coordination frameworks and architectures

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Nov 2001
Accepted
02 May 2002
First published
29 May 2002

J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 2714-2721

Using long bis(4-pyridyl) ligands designed for the self-assembly of coordination frameworks and architectures

S. Banfi, L. Carlucci, E. Caruso, G. Ciani and D. M. Proserpio, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 2714 DOI: 10.1039/B110189G

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