title: Self-organizing super-structures formed from hydrogen-bonded biimidazolate metal complexes.
abstract: Manipulation of molecular crystals formed from self-organization is one of the important methods to develop the new molecular functional materials. In particular, we look upon mutual cohesive interactions of hydrogen bonding and metal coordination as one useful tool to construct the preprogramming superstructures. In this study, five controlled superstructures of a one-dimensional linear chain--a zigzag ribbon, right-handed and left-handed helices, and a two-dimensional honeycomb sheet--are newly created by using the neutral metal complexes with some 2,2'-biimidazolate mono-anions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan. tadokoro@sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadokoro
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Tadanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada-Umemoto
authors.forename: Noritaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakasuji
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions; D019281:Dimerization; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions; D008024:Ligands; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D007093:Imidazoles; D007477:Ions; D008024:Ligands; D008670:Metals