Constructing robust channel structures by packing metallacalixarenes: reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal dehydration

Cristian D Ene; Augustin M Madalan; Catalin Maxim; Bogdan Jurca; Narcis Avarvari; Marius Andruh

doi:10.1021/ja900416e

Constructing robust channel structures by packing metallacalixarenes: reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal dehydration

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Apr 8;131(13):4586-7. doi: 10.1021/ja900416e.

Authors

Cristian D Ene¹, Augustin M Madalan, Catalin Maxim, Bogdan Jurca, Narcis Avarvari, Marius Andruh

Affiliation

¹ University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Str. Dumbrava Rosie nr. 23, 020464 Bucharest, Romania.

PMID: 19334769
DOI: 10.1021/ja900416e

Abstract

The self-assembly process involving the dianion of trimesic acid (Htrim(2-)) and {Cu(tmen)}(2+) templating cations (tmen = N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine) affords a new metallacalixarene, [Cu(4)(tmen)(4)(Htrim)(4)] x n H(2)O. The packing of the cyclic molecules in the crystal generates channels that are filled by water molecules. The dehydration-rehydration process of the crystals was found to be reversible.