Design,synthesis and structural diversity in coordination polymers |
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Authors: | Heba Abourahma Gregory J McManus Brian Moulton Rosa D Bailey Walsh Michael J Zaworotko |
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Institution: | University of South Florida, Department of Chemistry, 4202 E Fowler Ave. (SCA 400), Tampa, FL 33620, USA |
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Abstract: | The fundamental precept of crystal engineering is that all the information necessary for the design of a network is already stored in the molecular building blocks used. Coordination polymers represent an example of how crystal engineering has become a paradigm for the synthesis of new architectures and compositions. We report herein ten structures that are supramolecular isomers of one another. The structures are prepared from the same building blocks under mild reaction conditions. The modularity of coordination polymers imparts structural diversity that otherwise would not be possible. |
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Keywords: | coordination polymers dimetal tetracarboxylate isomerism SBU supramolecular |
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