What kinds of three-dimensional nets are possible with tris-chelated metal complexes as building blocks?
Journal article, 2004

Tris-chelated metal complexes with octahedral geometry are sometimes used as building blocks for "self assembly" and "crystal engineering". These versatile building blocks easily form honey-comb type 2D nets. However, in this Perspective we discuss the different types of 3D nets that can be formed with these starting materials using Wells classification, and concentrate on the ( 10,3) nets. We show that several of these, and not only the ( 10,3)-a net, are possible by analysing the geometrical requirements of each net. We note that each possible net implies a specific assembly order of Delta or Lambda chirality of the building blocks.

framework

topology

extended solids

coordination polymers

porous materials

chirality

chemistry

network

design

channels

Author

Lars Öhrström

Chalmers, Department of Materials and Surface Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry

Krister Larsson

Chalmers, Department of Materials and Surface Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry

Dalton Transactions

3 347-353

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1039/b310330g

PubMed

15252535

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