Ternary nets formed by self-assembly of triangles, squares, and tetrahedra.
Ternary nets formed by self-assembly of triangles, squares, and tetrahedra.
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10.1002/anie.200500156
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2005-05
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Zhenqiang Wang;V. Kravtsov;M. Zaworotko
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作者:
Zhenqiang Wang;V. Kravtsov;M. Zaworotko
It has now been almost thirty years since Wells catalogued network structures in crystals [1] in a manner that has facilitated the crystal engineering [2] of a wide range of infinite 2D and 3D nets. That crystal engineered nets invoke geometric design principles means that a chemically diverse range of molecular building blocks (MBBs) are available for study as exemplified by coordination polymers (ie metal–organic networks),[3] polymers sustained by organometallic linkages [4] and hydrogen-bonded organic networks.[5] Coordination polymers are particularly attractive targets for study: metal coordination and cluster geometries are diverse but they are controllable in a manner that facilitates the design of nets with predictable topology and dimensions; metal moieties can be pre-selected so as to impart functional properties, such as magnetism,[6] luminescence [7] or, in the case of openframework nets, permanent porosity;[3c, e, 8] multifunctional organic ligands can also be selected for their geometric attributes. Coordination polymers can be rationalized and designed using the “node-and-spacer” approach,[3a, b] which simplifies molecular building blocks into topological points and lines. Aesthetically pleasing and potentially functional coordination polymers that have been isolated in recent years are exemplified by (10, 3)-a,[9] NbO,[10] diamondoid,[11] and primitive cubic nets.[12] An alternative strategy for the interpretation and design of nets takes into account the shape of the MBBs and represents nets as being sustained by vertex-linked polygons or polyhedra (VLPP).[6a, 13] As revealed by Scheme1, the aforementioned four net types can be visualized as being either “node-and-spacer” or VLPP networks. From the VLPP perspective, the four nets shown in Scheme 1 are all examples of unitary nets in that they are built entirely from one type of polygon or polyhedron. The VLPP approach comes into its own for binary nets, that is, nets sustained by pairs of polygonal or polyhedral MBBs. The structural diversity possible from even the simplest of MBBs is exemplified by (3, 4)-connected nets. If squares are connected exclusively to triangles and vice versa, two distinct (3, 4)-connected binary nets have been isolated: the Pt3O4[14] and twisted boracite nets.[13a, 15] Likewise, if tetrahedra are linked exclusively to triangles and vice versa, two additional (3, 4)-connected binary nets are accessible, the boracite [16] and cubic C3N4 nets [17](Scheme 2). Herein we address how the VLPP approach can be extended to ternary nets, that is, those sustained by a combination of three polygons or polyhedra. We report the synthesis and crystal structures of two compounds that represent prototypal examples of ternary VLPP nets sustained by three distinct MBBs:[{[Zn6 (btc) 4 (isoquinoline) 6 (MeOH)] H2O (benzene) 2} n](USF-3; btc= 1, 3, 5-benzenetricarboxylate), and[{[Zn6-(btc) 4 (isoquinoline) 4 (MeOH) 2](MeOH) 8 (chlorobenzene)} n](USF-4). USF-3 and USF-4 are sustained by vertex linkage of triangular, square, and tetrahedral MBBs and represent to our knowledge the first reported examples of ternary nets. The