title: Eliminating the need for independent counterions in the construction of metal-organic rotaxane frameworks (MORFs).
abstract: The combination of a disulfonated-dibenzo-24crown-8 ether wheel and a dicationic 1,2-bis(pyridinium)ethane axle yields a neutral [2]pseudorotaxane which in combination with neutral metallic units such as a Cu(II)benzoate paddlewheel or Cu(I)Br unit yields one-dimensional coordination polymers (linear and bent) which are the first examples of charge neutral, metal-organic rotaxane frameworks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4.
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: V Nicholas
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Vukotic
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Viljoen
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Loeb