Self-Assembly of One- and Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers
with Quinonoid Backbones Featuring Coinage Metals as Nodes

Moussa, J.; Guyard-Duhayon, C.; Boubekeur, K.; Amouri, H.; Yip, S.-K.; W. W. Yam, V.

doi:10.1021/cg060944l.s001

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Self-Assembly of One- and Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers with Quinonoid Backbones Featuring Coinage Metals as Nodes

journal contribution

posted on 2007-05-02, 00:00 authored by J. Moussa, C. Guyard-Duhayon, K. Boubekeur, H. Amouri, S.-K. Yip, V. W. W. Yam

We report the use of the organometallic linker [Cp*Ir(η⁴-benzoquinone)] (1b) L^Ir to construct novel supramolecular one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) coordination polymers {[Cu₂(L^Ir)₂(CH₃CN)(OTf)₂][L^Ir](OTf)}_n (3) and {[Ag₂(CH₃CN)₂][L^Ir]₂(OTf)₂}_n (4). Complex 3 formed a zigzag chain of Cu(I) and Cu(II) centers connected through irido-quinonoid backbones, while complex 4 exhibited argentopilic Ag---Ag d¹⁰---d¹⁰ contacts at d = 3.638 Å and C---H/π interactions between the 1D chain neighbors.