Rational design of molecular sheets composed of interconnecting eight- and twenty-four-membered rings: use of lithiated aggregates to control network assembly.
The lithiated (organo)sulfonylacetonitrile complex [MeSO(2)CHCNLi.THF] (3) has been prepared and structurally characterized in order to demonstrate that well-known molecular aggregates of s-block metals may be used as building blocks in the controlled assembly of complex supramolecular architectures. The solid state structure of 3 can be described as a novel basket-weaved, 2-D network, composed of (SO(2)Li)(2) "dimeric" rings joined via "interdimer" donation of nitrile units.
Henderson
Kenneth W
KW
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA. khenders@nd.edu
Kennedy
Alan R
AR
Macdonald
Lynn
L
MacDougall
Dugald J
DJ