title: Quaterpyridines as Scaffolds for Functional Metallosupramolecular Materials.
abstract: Quaterpyridine (qtpy) ligands have found significant applications as N-heterocyclic scaffolds in self-assembly processes, in particular the formation of various metallosupramolecular architectures, limited, however, by difficulties in their synthesis. Recent progress in the preparative organic and organometallic chemistry of polypyridines has resulted in the elimination of the most serious drawbacks concerning qtpy synthesis, consequently giving rise to a renewed interest in this class of compounds. Herein, we endeavor to define the essential aspects of quaterpyridine chemistry and provide the reader with a perspective on the ways in which this field has begun to flourish.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University , Umultowska 89b, 61614 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorczyński
authors.affiliation: Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), Université de Strasbourg , 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67083 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Jack M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harrowfield
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University , Umultowska 89b, 61614 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Violetta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patroniak
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University , Umultowska 89b, 61614 Poznań, Poland.|Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University , Umultowska 89c, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Artur R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Stefankiewicz