Self-assembly of molecular squares based on easy-to-prepare multidentate Schiff base ligands.
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.
He
Zheng
Z
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.
He
Cheng
C
Wang
Zhe-Ming
ZM
Gao
En-Qing
EQ
Liu
Yuan
Y
Yan
Chun-Hua
CH
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*
D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012545:Schiff Bases; D015032:Zinc