Supramolecular copper(I) halide complexes of O2S2X (X = S, O and NH) macrocycles exhibiting dinuclear, 1D- and 2D-coordination polymeric structures

Abstract

The effect of varying donor X in otherwise structurally similar O₂S₂X-macrocycles (L¹: X = S, L²: X = O and L³: X = NH) on the corresponding assembly reactions with Cu(I) halides has been demonstrated to yield three supramolecular complexes with different architectures: L¹ resulted in a discrete dimeric complex (1), while L² and L³ gave respectively 1D (2) and 2D (3) coordination polymers; the solid state photoluminescence of 3 is also described.