Eliminating the need for independent counterions in the construction of metal-organic rotaxane frameworks (MORFs).
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.
Knight
Lisa K
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4.
Vukotic
V Nicholas
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Viljoen
Elizabeth
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Caputo
Christopher B
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Loeb
Stephen J
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