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Cover Picture: Crystal Engineering with the New Linker Tolanedisulfonic Acid (H 2 TDS): Helical Chains in Zn(TDS)(DMA) 3 , Linear Chains in Zn(TDS)(NMP) 3 , and Complex Anions in [HDMA] 2 [Zn(TDS) 2 (DMA) 3 ](DMA) 2 (Chem. Asian J. 6/2015)
Author(s) -
Zitzer Christina,
Muesmann Thomas W. T.,
Christoffers Jens,
Wickleder Mathias S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201580601
Subject(s) - linker , zinc , cover (algebra) , sulfonate , polymer , chain (unit) , crystal engineering , crystal structure , crystallography , chemistry , stereochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , supramolecular chemistry , physics , mechanical engineering , sodium , astronomy , engineering , operating system
Tolanedisulfonic acid is a new rod‐shaped linker for building coordination polymers, as reported by Mathias S. Wickleder and co‐workers in their Full Paper on page 1354. In contrast to well‐known carboxylates, the use of sulfonate linkers usually leads to low‐dimensional structures. This is illustrated by the zinc compounds of 4,4′‐tolanedisulfonic acid that show chain‐type architectures. Interestingly, these chains might be even helical, thus leading to chiral crystal structures. This example nicely demonstrates the potential of polysulfonic acids for the preparation of coordination polymers.