A neutral "molecular railroad" coordination polymer that incorporates polycyclic aromatic molecules: Synthesis and single-crystal X-ray structure of [Co(4,4 ' bipyridine)(2.5)(NO3)(2)]center dot 2Phenanthrene

Citation
Kv. Domasevitch et al., A neutral "molecular railroad" coordination polymer that incorporates polycyclic aromatic molecules: Synthesis and single-crystal X-ray structure of [Co(4,4 ' bipyridine)(2.5)(NO3)(2)]center dot 2Phenanthrene, J SOL ST CH, 152(1), 2000, pp. 280-285
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00224596 → ACNP
Volume
152
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
280 - 285
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4596(200006)152:1<280:AN"RCP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The synthesis and crystal structure of [Co(4,4'-bipyridine)(2.5)(NO3)(3)] . 2C(14)H(10), 1 . 2C(14)H(10), are presented and discussed in the context o f recent developments in the field of coordination polymers. 1 adapts a "mo lecular railroad" architecture and is closely related to two previously rep orted molecular railroads in that it contains both bridging and terminal sp acer ligands. However, it differs in two important aspects. First, because 1 is uncharged its crystal packing is dominated by stacking interactions be tween aromatic moieties rather than hydrogen bonding or interpenetration. S econd, the resulting open framework planar architecture of 1 sustains coexi stence with two topologically complementary sets of phenanthrene molecules, One of these sets can be regarded as a planar network of (4,4) topology wh ereas the other is an achiral chain of phenanthrene molecules that fills th e channels that are generated by the interpenetration of the two planar net works. (C) 2000 Academic Press.