Self-assembly of FeIII complexes via hydrogen bonded water molecules into supramolecular coordination networks

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian McKeogh ◽  
Jonathan P. Hill ◽  
Emily S. Collins ◽  
Thomas McCabe ◽  
Annie K. Powell ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
De-Qiang Qi ◽  
Gui-Ge Hou ◽  
Jian-Ping Ma ◽  
Ru-Qi Huang ◽  
Yu-Bin Dong

A novel three-dimensional framework of 2-[(1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1H-benzimidazole dihydrate, C11H10N4·2H2O orL·2H2O, (I), in whichLacts as both hydrogen-bond acceptor and donor in the supramolecular construction with water, has been obtained by self-assembly reaction ofLwith H2O. The two independent water molecules are hydrogen bonded alternately with each other to form a one-dimensional infinite zigzag water chain. These water chains are linked by the benzimidazole molecules into a three-dimensional framework, in which each organic molecule is hydrogen bonded by three water molecules. This study shows that the diversity of hydrogen-bonded patterns plays a crucial role in the formation of the three-dimensional framework. More significantly, as water molecules are important in contributing to the conformation, stability, function and dynamics of biomacromolecules, the infinite chains of hydrogen-bonded water molecules seen in (I) may be a useful model for water in other chemical and biological processes.


2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 471-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. B. Bo ◽  
S. Y. Zhao ◽  
Z. W. Zhang ◽  
Y. L. Sheng ◽  
Z. X. Sun ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meneka Banik ◽  
Shaili Sett ◽  
Chirodeep Bakli ◽  
Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri ◽  
Suman Chakraborty ◽  
...  

AbstractSelf-assembly of Janus particles with spatial inhomogeneous properties is of fundamental importance in diverse areas of sciences and has been extensively observed as a favorably functionalized fluidic interface or in a dilute solution. Interestingly, the unique and non-trivial role of surface wettability on oriented self-assembly of Janus particles has remained largely unexplored. Here, the exclusive role of substrate wettability in directing the orientation of amphiphilic metal-polymer Bifacial spherical Janus particles, obtained by topo-selective metal deposition on colloidal Polymestyere (PS) particles, is explored by drop casting a dilute dispersion of the Janus colloids. While all particles orient with their polymeric (hydrophobic) and metallic (hydrophilic) sides facing upwards on hydrophilic and hydrophobic substrates respectively, they exhibit random orientation on a neutral substrate. The substrate wettability guided orientation of the Janus particles is captured using molecular dynamic simulation, which highlights that the arrangement of water molecules and their local densities near the substrate guide the specific orientation. Finally, it is shown that by spin coating it becomes possible to create a hexagonal close-packed array of the Janus colloids with specific orientation on differential wettability substrates. The results reported here open up new possibilities of substrate-wettability driven functional coatings of Janus particles, which has hitherto remained unexplored.


2021 ◽  
pp. 100519
Author(s):  
Ying He ◽  
Yanbin Zhang ◽  
Mengjia Liu ◽  
Kai Zhao ◽  
Chuan Shan ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jichuan Zhang ◽  
Yongan Feng ◽  
Richard J. Staples ◽  
Jiaheng Zhang ◽  
Jean’ne M. Shreeve

AbstractOwing to its simple preparation and high oxygen content, nitroformate [−C(NO2)3, NF] is an extremely attractive oxidant component for propellants and explosives. However, the poor thermostability of NF-based derivatives has been an unconquerable barrier for more than 150 years, thus hindering its application. In this study, the first example of a nitrogen-rich hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF-NF) is designed and constructed through self-assembly in energetic materials, in which NF anions are trapped in pores of the resulting framework via the dual force of ionic and hydrogen bonds from the strengthened framework. These factors lead to the decomposition temperature of the resulting HOF-NF moiety being 200 °C, which exceeds the challenge of thermal stability over 180 °C for the first time among NF-based compounds. A large number of NF-based compounds with high stabilities and excellent properties can be designed and synthesized on the basis of this work.


2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. o1204-o1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanaz Khorasani ◽  
Manuel A. Fernandes

In the title hydrated salt, C8H18N+·C4H5O4−·H2O, the cyclooctyl ring of the cation is disordered over two positions in a 0.833 (3):0.167 (3) ratio. The structure contains various O—H.·O and N—H...O interactions, forming a hydrogen-bonded layer of molecules perpendicular to thecaxis. In each layer, the ammonium cation hydrogen bonds to two hydrogen succinate anions and one water molecule. Each hydrogen succinate anion hydrogen bonds to neighbouring anions, forming a chain of molecules along thebaxis. In addition, each hydrogen succinate anion hydrogen bonds to two water molecules and the ammonium cation.


2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (36) ◽  
pp. 9161-9175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep Puigmartí-Luis ◽  
Andrea Minoia ◽  
Ángel Pérez del Pino ◽  
Gregori Ujaque ◽  
Concepció Rovira ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. m139-m142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Koner ◽  
Israel Goldberg

The title compound, (5,10,15,20-tetra-4-pyridylporphyrinato)zinc(II) 1,2-dichlorobenzene disolvate, [Zn(C40H24N8)]·2C6H4Cl2, contains a clathrate-type structure. It is composed of two-dimensional square-grid coordination networks of the self-assembled porphyrin moiety, which are stacked one on top of the other in a parallel manner. The interporphyrin cavities of the overlapping networks combine into channel voids accommodated by the dichlorobenzene solvent. Molecules of the porphyrin complex are located on crystallographic inversion centres. The observed two-dimensional assembly mode of the porphyrin units represents a supramolecular isomer of the unique three-dimensional coordination frameworks of the same porphyrin building block observed earlier. The significance of this study lies in the discovery of an additional supramolecular isomer of the rarely observed structures of metalloporphyrins self-assembled directly into extended coordination polymers without the use of external ligand or metal ion auxiliaries.


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