title: Metal ion clip: fine-tuning aromatic stacking interactions in the multistep formation of carbazole-bridged zinc(II) complexes.
abstract: A carbazole-based triple bridging ligand (LH) consisting of two imidazole moieties at 3,6 positions with a diketone unit at the carbazole nitrogen forms carbazole-bridged zinc(II) complexes with structures of [(L(-))4(Zn(2+))n] (n = 2-6), where the strength of aromatic stacking interactions between the carbazole rings increases with an increase in the number of Zn(2+) ions bridged by the imidazole moieties.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma Nara 630-0192, Japan. yuasaj@ms.naist.jp tkawai@ms.naist.jp.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Junpei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuasa
mesh_terms: D002227:Carbazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C041514:carbazole; D015032:Zinc