MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRYSTAL ENGINEERING OF BIFUNCTIONAL METAL-COMPLEXES CONTAINING COMPLEMENTARY TRIPLE HYDROGEN-BONDS

The control of molecular assembly using supramolecular interactions re presents a rapidly expanding area of chemistry. Hydrogen bonding inter actions between molecules represent a particularly interesting and eff ective way of getting specific supramolecular effects. In this review some bifunctional transition metal complexes are described which have on their surface complementary triple hydrogen bonding groups which ar e used for the crystal engineering of solid state materials.