Establishing amide...amide reliability and synthon transferability in the supramolecular assembly of metal-containing one-dimensional architectures.
On the basis of a combination of new structural data (eleven single-crystal structure determinations are presented) and information from the Cambridge Structural Database, it has been shown that self-complementary hydrogen-bond based amide...amide dimers can be relied upon as effective supramolecular synthons for the assembly and organization of acac- and paddle-wheel complexes of a variety of metal(II) ions. The targeted molecular recognition event and intended extended one-dimensional motif appear with a supramolecular yield of 78% (a total of 28 structures were examined). Despite the fact that the hydrogen bonds that give rise to the R2(2)(8) motif can be disrupted by both carboxylate- and acac-ligands, as well as by solvent molecules, they remain remarkably resilient and therefore represent useful synthetic tools in inorganic crystal engineering.
Aakeröy
Christer B
CB
Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, CBC Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA. aakeroy@ksu.edu
Scott
Benjamin M T
BM
Smith
Michelle M
MM
Urbina
Joaquin F
JF
Desper
John
J