Microporous chiral metal coordination polymers: hydrothermal synthesis, channel engineering and stability of lanthanide tartrates

Samadara Thushari; John A K Cha; Herman H-Y Sung; Stephen S-Y Chui; Andy L-F Leung; Yu-Fong Yen; Ian D Williams

doi:10.1039/b508574h

Microporous chiral metal coordination polymers: hydrothermal synthesis, channel engineering and stability of lanthanide tartrates

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Nov 28:(44):5515-7. doi: 10.1039/b508574h. Epub 2005 Oct 12.

Authors

Samadara Thushari¹, John A K Cha, Herman H-Y Sung, Stephen S-Y Chui, Andy L-F Leung, Yu-Fong Yen, Ian D Williams

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 16358047
DOI: 10.1039/b508574h

Abstract

L-Tartrate ions can endure hydrothermal conditions up to 160 degrees C to form the robust, enantiopure open-framework coordination polymers [Ln2(L-TAR)3(H2O)2]3H2O, 1; the addition of succinate results in formation of the related [Ln2(L-TAR)2(SUC)(H2O)2]5.5H2O, with larger channels than , whereas racemic D/L-tartrate gives the more condensed [Ln2(D/L-TAR)3(H2O)2], . TAR = [C4H4O6]2-.