Topological Motifs in Cyanometallates: From Building Units to Three-Periodic Frameworks.
This review focuses on topological features of three-periodic (framework) p, d, and f metal cyano complexes or cyanometallates, i.e. coordination compounds, where CN(-) ligands play the main structure-forming role. In addition, molecular, one-periodic (chain), and two-periodic (layer) cyanometallates are considered as possible building blocks of the three-periodic cyanometallates. All cyanometallates are treated as systems of nodes (mononuclear, polynuclear, or transitional metal cluster complexes) joined together via CN-containing spacers. The most typical nodes and spacers as well as methods of their connection are described and systematized. Particular attention is paid to the overall structural motifs in the three-periodic cyanometallates, especially to the relations between the local coordination (coordination figure) of structural units and the entire framework topology. The chemical factors are discussed that influence the cyanometallate topological properties due to modification of nodes, spacers, or coordination figures.
Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science (SCTMS), Samara State University , Ac. Pavlov St 1, Samara 443011, Russia.|Samara State Aerospace University named after academician S.P. Korolyev (National Research University) , Moskovskoye Shosse 34, Samara 443086, Russia.
Eugeny V
EV
Alexandrov
A. V. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry , Lavrentiev prosp. 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.|Novosibirsk State University , Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
Alexander V
AV
Virovets
Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science (SCTMS), Samara State University , Ac. Pavlov St 1, Samara 443011, Russia.|Samara State Aerospace University named after academician S.P. Korolyev (National Research University) , Moskovskoye Shosse 34, Samara 443086, Russia.
Vladislav A
VA
Blatov
A. V. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry , Lavrentiev prosp. 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.|Novosibirsk State University , Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
Eugenia V
EV
Peresypkina
D008958:Models, Molecular; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D009570:Nitriles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds