title: Monitoring the stepwise assembly of a 3-D framework from a supramolecular lanthanoid synthon by in situ infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: Construction of a 3-D supramolecular network from [Ln(cpb)(3)(H(2)O)(2)] (Ln = Nd, Tb; Hcpb = 1-(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-butanedione) by sequential displacement of a coordinated water by DMF, dimerisation by reciprocal hydrogen bonding in solution and pi-pi stacking and interdigitation of nitriles has been monitored by in situ fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Philip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Junk
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krautscheid
authors.forename: Jonathan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: MacLellan