title: Hydrogen-bonded boron imidazolate frameworks.
abstract: The research on tetrahedral imidazolate frameworks takes on a new direction into the supramolecular area through the synthesis of three hydrogen-bonded boron imidazolate (B[im](4)(-)) frameworks (HBIFs) that show distinct three- and two-dimensional supramolecular architectures: (1) the ionic diamond net containing the first reported Li(+) complex with ethylene glycol, (2) four-connected double-layers built from a new neutral Li(tea)B(im)(4) (tea = triethanolamine) complex, and (3) three-connected (6,3) layer of H(3)O.BH(eim)(3).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Pingyun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xianhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bu
mesh_terms: D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D007093:Imidazoles; D001895:Boron