Rosa D. Bailey Walsh

Directed assembly of metal-organic cubes from deliberately predesigned molecular building blocks

A novel anionic metal-organic cube (MOC-1), [Ni(8)(HImDC)(12)](8-), has been synthesized by metal-ligand directed assembly of eight tri-connected Ni nodes and twelve doubly deprotonated bis(bidentate) imidazoledicarboxylic acid ligands (HImDC).

Preparation and characterization of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) phenyl)borate, [bmim]BARF

Attempts to prepare novel air and moisture stable room-temperature ionic liquids have afforded a new 1,3-dialkylimidazolium tetraarylborate salt: 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, [bmim]BARF, 1. Crystal data: C80H54b2F48N4, monoclinic space group P2(1)/n, a = 21.2622(17) Å, b = 15.8037(13) Å, c = 26.227(2) Å, β = 101.841(2) ○, V = 8625.3(12) Å3, Z = 1.544.

A new supramolecular isomer of [Zn(nicotinate)2]n: a novel 42.84 network that is the result of self-assembly of 4-connected nodes

Self-assembly of Zn(NO3)2 with m-pyridinecarboxylate (nicotinate) under mild conditions affords several products including a novel three-dimensional network [Zn(nicotinate)2]n that has connectivity defined by the circuit symbol 4(2).8(4).