title: Self-assembly of molecular squares based on easy-to-prepare multidentate Schiff base ligands.
abstract: The choice of ligands with different spacer length and coordination orientation leads to size, shape and packing differences between two self-assembled molecular squares [Zn4H8L1(4)][PF6]5[NO3]3.S (1) and [Zn4H8L2(4)][PF6]6[NO3]2.S (2) (S = solvent), formed from Zn(NO3)2 and two easy-to-prepare bistridentate Schiff-base ligands.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory on Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Zhe-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: En-Qing
authors.initials: EQ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chun-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012545:Schiff Bases; D015032:Zinc