First exfoliated Ru-Ru-Au organometallic polymer with layered structure

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Aug 19;56(66):9441-9444. doi: 10.1039/d0cc04325g.

Abstract

A new water soluble heterometallic polymeric complex [{(PTA)2CpRu-μ-CN-1κC:2κ2N-RuCp(PTA)2}-μ-{Au(CN)4}4]n·2H2O (1) is synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. This complex self-assembles forming 3D polymeric structures with large scale hexagonal conformation. They also organize as 3D stacks of polymer sandwiches that can be exfoliated providing mono heterometallic-3D layers, as shown by electron microscopy. Regarding the polymer dynamics, quasi-elastic neutron scattering shows a transition from vibrational Debye-Waller behaviour to a more dynamically active state as a result of the loss of structural water molecules.