Open AccessCoordination Polymers of Small Cyano Anions
Author(s) -
Stuart Robert Batten,
Glen B. Deacon,
Keith S. Murray,
David R. Turner
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2013.379
Subject(s) - polymer , ion , chemistry , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , topology (electrical circuits) , organic chemistry , combinatorics , mathematics
Small cyano anions, and their derivatives, have proved to be remarkably versatile building blocks for coordination polymers. They have led to magnetically ordered materials, structures with new entangled motifs or novel topologies, and a significant structural diversity, including polymorphism, induced by subtle changes in anion, cation, co-ligands, preparative conditions, or even desolvation.