Crucial influence of solvent and chirality - The formation of helices and three-dimensional nets by hydrogen-bonded biimidazolate complexes

Lars Öhrström; Krister Larsson; Stefan Borg; Stefan Norberg

Crucial influence of solvent and chirality - The formation of helices and three-dimensional nets by hydrogen-bonded biimidazolate complexes
Journal article, 2001

Deprotonation and recrystallisation of racemic [Co(2,2'-biimidazole)(3)]- [NO3](3) by ammonia in water/dimethylformamide solutions gave crystals of [Co(Hbiim)(3)].0.8H(2)O .0.5DMF (2: Hbiim=monoanion of 2,2'-biimidazole, DMF = dimethylformamide), a porous material that contains fourfold interpenetrating (10,3) three-dimensional nets formed by neutral, hydrogen-bonded [Co(Hbiim)(3)] units, with DMF molecules in the narrow channels. Recrystallisation of [Delta -Co(2,2'-biimidazolate)(3)] gave helices instead of the expected (10,3)-a net. These results are discussed in the light of additional density functional theory and molecular mechanics calculations and the X-ray structure of [Co(H(2)biim)(3)][NO3](3).

N Ligands

Hydrogen Bonds

Zeolite Analogs

Network

Crystal Engineering

Magnets

Coordination Polymers

Supramolecular Chemistry

Design

Crystal Structure

Metal-organic Frameworks

Cobalt

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Lars Öhrström

Department of Inorganic Chemistry

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Krister Larsson

Inorganic Chemistry

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Stefan Borg

Department of Inorganic Chemistry

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Stefan Norberg

Department of Inorganic Chemistry

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Chemistry - A European Journal

0947-6539 (ISSN) 1521-3765 (eISSN)

Vol. 7 22 4805-4810

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Inorganic Chemistry

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Crucial influence of solvent and chirality - The formation of helices and three-dimensional nets by hydrogen-bonded biimidazolate complexes Journal article, 2001

Author

Lars Öhrström

Krister Larsson

Stefan Borg

Stefan Norberg

Chemistry - A European Journal

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Crucial influence of solvent and chirality - The formation of helices and three-dimensional nets by hydrogen-bonded biimidazolate complexes
Journal article, 2001