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Dynamic Interconversion of Amorphous Microparticles and Crystalline Rods in Salen-Based Homochiral Infinite Coordination Polymers

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: This paper describes a new class of homochiral salen-based infinite coordination polymers (ICPs) and the discovery of a novel and pseudo-reversible solvent-induced crystallization process. The solvent, methanol in this case, induces such a transformation through a change in the coordination environment around the metal bridging the metallo-salen portion of the complex. This transformation has allowed us to use X-ray methods to structurally characterize the crystalline product and through spectroscopic comparisons better understand the connectivity and structure of the amorphous ICP particles from which it is derived.

Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI: 10.1021/ja071046w

Authors: You-Moon Jeon, Jungseok Heo, Chad A. Mirkin

Institutions: Northwestern University, International Institute for Nanotechnology

Language: English

Topic: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: G9000165630