Controlling Aromatic Inclusion Within Nonaqueous Copper Iodide Coordination Polymers

Abstract

The formation and characterization of two novel coordination polymers based upon copper iodide and pyrazine have been observed that demonstrate varying aromatic inclusion. By changing the solvent from 1,2-dichlorobenzene to nitrobenzene, the ability to include the solvent as a guest molecule within the two-dimensional coordination polymer has been realized. In the nitrobenzene example, unlike the 1,2-dichlorobenzene example, honeycomb shaped cavities form along the polymeric chain that allows aromatic inclusion.