title: Copper phthalate coordination polymers incorporating kinked dipyridyl ligands: an unprecedented 8-connected network and one-dimensional chiral nanobarrels with hydrophobic channels constructed from septuple helical motifs.
abstract: Copper phthalate coordination polymers incorporating the kinked and hydrogen-bonding-capable imines 4,4'-dipyridylketone (dpk) and 4,4'-dipyridylamine (dpa) have been prepared and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. {[Cu(pht)(dpk)].0.33CH(3)OH}(n) (1; pht = phthalate) possesses helical subunits built from the fusion of [Cu(dpk)](n) 3-fold double helices and [Cu(pht)](n) 3-fold helices with opposite handedness. The resulting achiral [Cu(pht)(dpk)](n) helices are conjoined by bridging phthalate carboxylate oxygen atoms to construct {Cu(2)O(2)} dimeric units, which serve as 8-connected nodes for a three-dimensional (3D) coordination polymer lattice with an unprecedented 3(6)4(12)5(8)6(2) topology, evocative of a 3D Kagome lattice. {[Cu(2)(pht)(2)(dpa)].H(2)O}(n) (2) manifests homochiral septuple left-handed [Cu(2)O(2)(dpa)](n) helices formed by copper ions, phthalate oxygen atoms, and dpa ligands. The septuple helices are bracketed by pht anions to construct chiral one-dimensional nanobarrels with solvent-free "star-shaped" channels. Compounds 1 and 2 display antiferromagnetic [J = -9.85(5) cm(-1)] and ferromagnetic [J = +1.36(3) cm(-1)] coupling across their {Cu(2)O(2)} dimeric units, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Lyman Briggs College and Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48825, USA.
authors.forename: Maxwell A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Braverman
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nettleman
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Supkowski
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: LaDuca
mesh_terms: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D010795:Phthalic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010795:Phthalic Acids; D011108:Polymers; D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl; D003300:Copper