CONSTRUCTION OF SUPRAMOLECULAR COPPER ARCHITECTURE VIA TETRAHEDRAL CU(CN)(4) BUILDING-BLOCKS AND TRIGONAL BIPYRAMIDAL [R3SN] CONNECTING UNITS

The self assembly of the pyramidal tetrahedral Cu(CN)(4) building bloc ks, the trigonal bipyramidal [R3Sn] connecting units and the guest-tem plate-cations leads to the construction of new types of non-interpenet rating polymeric networks. Twelve polymers have been prepared, most of them, according to the desired stoichiometry while polymers 9-12 repr esent binuclear copper compounds. These polymers are formed when no su itable space-demanding alkyl groups are used. The structures of the po lymers under investigation were confirmed by elemental analysis, IR an d Raman spectra, thermal analysis and NMR spectroscopy. (C) 1998 Elsev ier Science S.A. All rights reserved.