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The crystal engineering potential and challenge of dl -malic acid, a chemical chameleon for coordination polymers.

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: -malate conformers upon the structure of 80 reported coordination polymers that comprise malate anions. Our analysis indicates that, whereas the torsional diversity of malate anions represents a crystal engineering challenge, there are possible crystal engineering strategies for biasing malate linkers to adopt a particular conformer in order to enable this green biomass-derived linker to control a specific structural outcome for coordination polymers.

Source: CrystEngComm

DOI: 10.1039/d6ce00715e

Authors: Nicholas B. Page, Michael J. Zaworotko

Institution: University of Limerick

Language: English

Topic: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: European Research Council, Research Ireland

Award: G3464984472