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Desolvation of a Novel Microporous Hydrogen‐Bonded Framework: Characterization by In Situ Single‐Crystal and Powder X‐ray Diffraction
Author(s) -
Kepert Cameron J.,
Hesek Dusan,
Beer Paul D.,
Rosseinsky Matthew J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981204)37:22<3158::aid-anie3158>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - microporous material , hydrogen bond , crystallography , molecule , characterization (materials science) , materials science , tetrathiafulvalene , single crystal , in situ , diffraction , hydrogen , x ray crystallography , crystal structure , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , optics
Despite significant structural rearrangement upon desolvation of a three‐dimensional molecular framework of hexaaquacobalt cations and redox‐active functionalized tetrathiafulvalene anions (see the picture; the area filled with water molecules is shown in gray), monocrystallinity and microporosity are retained. X‐ray analyses show that a unique combination of hydrogen bonds and π⋅⋅⋅π interactions within the framework gives this material a structural flexibility not seen in zeolites or their analogues.