Issue 6, 2009

Structural and chemical complexity in multicomponent inorganic–organic framework materials

Abstract

A family of coordination polymers with remarkable structural and chemical complexity is produced when Cu and Zn are combined with 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid and 4,4′-bipyridyl. The structures of these four- and five-component phases are fully ordered, with the two metals occupying different sites and the ligands playing distinct bridging roles in each structure. In one five-component phase, oxalate forms as a product of partial ligand decomposition and is incorporated alongside the two original ligands into the resultant solid. The valence of Cu and the Cu/Zn ratios differ between the phases, in spite of similar synthetic conditions.

Graphical abstract: Structural and chemical complexity in multicomponent inorganic–organic framework materials

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 nov 2008
Accepted
06 jan 2009
First published
10 feb 2009

CrystEngComm, 2009,11, 980-985

Structural and chemical complexity in multicomponent inorganic–organic framework materials

R. K. Feller and A. K. Cheetham, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 980 DOI: 10.1039/B820718F

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