Design of 3-D coordination networks: topology and metrics
Sylvie Ferlay,Stéphanie Koenig,Mir Wais Hosseini,Jérome Pansanel,André De Cian,Nathalie Kyritsakas
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 01/11/2002 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B109444K
Abstract

Using 4,4′,4″-tricyanotriphenylmethanol 1 as a hetero-tetradentate tecton with C3v symmetry bearing three CN and one OH group, under self-assembly conditions a 3-D coordination network was obtained in the presence of Ag+ cations acting as a tetrahedral metallic tecton; due to the metrics of 1 (three long and one short distance between the central C atom and N and O coordination sites, respectively), the 3-D network is of pseudo-diamondoid type with different cavity sizes; although a two-fold homo-interpenetration is observed for the 3-D networks, the remaining space is occupied by CHCl3, MeOH solvent molecules and SbF6 anions.

Graphical abstract: Design of 3-D coordination networks: topology and metrics