The role of weak interactions in controlling the mode of interpenetration in hybrid ultramicroporous materials.
Alankriti BajpaiMatteo LusiMichael J ZaworotkoPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
The aromatic core in dipyridyl linker ligands is found to impact the mode of 2-fold interpenetration in hybrid ultramicroporous materials formed by pillared square grid networks. An analysis of the crystal structures suggests that linker conformation and weak interactions between the linkers in adjacent networks might explain this phenomenon.