Molecular rotators anchored on a rod-like anionic coordination polymer adhered by charge-assisted hydrogen bonds.
Hui XiaoWei-Yu HuQing WangCheng-Hui ZengHao-Hong LiHaiming LiuZi-Yi DuChun-Ting HePublished in: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (2024)
On the basis of variable-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction, variable-temperature/frequency dielectric analysis, variable-temperature solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations, here we present a new model of crystalline supramolecular rotor (i-PrNHMe 2 )[CdBr 3 ], where a conformationally flexible near-spherical (i-PrNHMe 2 ) + cation functions as a rotator and a rod-like anionic coordination polymer {[CdBr 3 ] - } ∞ acts as the stator, and the adhesion of them is realized by charge-assisted hydrogen bonds.