title: Novel polythreaded coordination polymer: from an armed-polyrotaxane sheet to a 3D polypseudorotaxane array, photo- and thermochromic behaviors.
abstract: A novel coordination compound, {[Cd(BDC)(Bpybc)(1.5)].10H(2)O}(n), obtained by the reaction of CdCl(2) with 1,1'-bis(4-carboxybenzyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride (H(2)BpybcCl(2)) and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H(2)BDC), contains 1D polymeric chains that are comprised of alternating rings and rods and dangling lateral arms. These 1D polymeric motifs are interlaced via rotaxane-like mechanical linkages to give 2D armed-polyrotaxane sheets, which are further mutually polythreaded via pseudorotaxane-like mechanical linkages to form a 3D polypseudorotaxane array. Notably, a sandwich-type donor-acceptor-donor stacking is formed within each ring as a consequence of both types of polythreading in this species, and photoinduced and thermal-induced reduction of bipyridinium occurs with a color change from light yellow to blue.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qing-Xia
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Zhan-Feng
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Xu-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang