Rings and threads as linkers in metal-organic frameworks and poly-rotaxanes

George F S Whitehead; Bryony Cross; Laura Carthy; Victoria A Milway; Harapriya Rath; Antonio Fernandez; Sarah L Heath; Christopher A Muryn; Robin G Pritchard; Simon J Teat; Grigore A Timco; Richard E P Winpenny

doi:10.1039/c3cc42300j

Rings and threads as linkers in metal-organic frameworks and poly-rotaxanes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Aug 21;49(65):7195-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc42300j.

Authors

George F S Whitehead¹, Bryony Cross, Laura Carthy, Victoria A Milway, Harapriya Rath, Antonio Fernandez, Sarah L Heath, Christopher A Muryn, Robin G Pritchard, Simon J Teat, Grigore A Timco, Richard E P Winpenny

Affiliation

¹ The School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.

PMID: 23788112
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42300j

Abstract

Coordination polymers and metal-organic rotaxane frameworks are reported where the organic linker is replaced by functionalised inorganic clusters that act as bridging ligands.