A snapshot of a coordination polymer self-assembly process: the crystallization of a metastable 3D network followed by the spontaneous transformation in water to a 2D pseudopolymorphic phase

Thierry Bataille; Ferdinando Costantino; Andrea Ienco; Annalisa Guerri; Fabio Marmottini; Stefano Midollini

doi:10.1039/b813222d

A snapshot of a coordination polymer self-assembly process: the crystallization of a metastable 3D network followed by the spontaneous transformation in water to a 2D pseudopolymorphic phase

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Dec 21:(47):6381-3. doi: 10.1039/b813222d. Epub 2008 Nov 4.

Authors

Thierry Bataille¹, Ferdinando Costantino, Andrea Ienco, Annalisa Guerri, Fabio Marmottini, Stefano Midollini

Affiliation

¹ Science Chimique de Rennes (UMR-CNRS 6226), Université de Rennes 1, Avenue du General Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.

PMID: 19048162
DOI: 10.1039/b813222d

Abstract

A metastable copper(II) 3D hybrid with 4,4'-bipyridine (4,4'-bipy) and P,P'-diphenylethylenediphosphinate (pc2p(2-)) undergoes a spontaneous, quantitative, transformation to a stable 2D polymorphic species either spontaneously in water, or after thermal dehydration followed by hydration.