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CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2571 - 2584, DOI: 10.1039/b909476h
Crystal engineering of hybrid inorganic–organic systems based upon complexes with dissymmetric compartmental ligands
Marius Andruh, Diana G. Branzea, Ruxandra Gheorghe and Augustin M. Madalan
This paper illustrates the versatility of mono- and heterobinuclear complexes with dissymmetric compartmental ligands in designing molecular and supramolecular heterometallic systems. Mononuclear complexes with side-off bicompartmental ligands derived from o-vanillin act efficiently, through their empty compartment, as hydrogen-bond receptors and as second coordination sphere ligands. These Schiff- bases are also suitable for synthesizing 3d-3d
and 3d-4f heterobinuclear complexes. Both 3d-3d and 3d-4f complexes can be employed as nodes in obtaining coordination polymers with various dimensionalities and network topologies, as well as interesting magnetic and optical properties.
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