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Supramolecular polynuclear clusters sustained cubic hydrogen bonded frameworks with octahedral cages for reversible photochromism.

ABSTRACT: Developing supramolecular porous crystalline frameworks with tailor-made architectures from advanced secondary building units (SBUs) remains a pivotal challenge in reticular chemistry. Particularly for hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs), construction of geometrical cavities through secondary units has been rarely achieved. Herein, a body-centered cubic HOF (TCA_NH₄) with octahedral cages was constructed by a C₃-symmetric building block and NH₄⁺ node-assembled cluster (NH₄)₄(COOH)₈(H₂O)₂ that served as supramolecular secondary building units (SSBUs), akin to the polynuclear SBUs in reticular chemistry. Specifically, the octahedral cages could encapsulate four homogenous haloforms including CHCl₃, CHBr₃, and CHI₃ with truncated octahedron configuration. Crystallographic evidence revealed the cages served as spatially-confined nanoreactors, enabling fast, broadband photochromic effect associated with the reversible photo/thermal transformation between encapsulated CHI₃ and I₂. Overall, this work provides a strategy by shaping SSBUs to expand the framework topology of HOFs and a prototype of hydrogen-bonded nanoreactors to accommodate reversible photochromic reactions.

SUBMITTER: Ding X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10981757 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Supramolecular polynuclear clusters sustained cubic hydrogen bonded frameworks with octahedral cages for reversible photochromism.

Ding Xiaojun X Chen Jing J Ye Gang G

Nature communications 20240330 1

Developing supramolecular porous crystalline frameworks with tailor-made architectures from advanced secondary building units (SBUs) remains a pivotal challenge in reticular chemistry. Particularly for hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs), construction of geometrical cavities through secondary units has been rarely achieved. Herein, a body-centered cubic HOF (TCA_NH4) with octahedral cages was constructed by a C3-symmetric building block and NH4+ ...[more]

PMID: 38555300

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Project description:The co-crystallization of (benzylthio)acetic acid (HBTA) with L-proline (L-PRO), D-proline (D-PRO), DL-proline (DL-PRO), isonicotinamide (INA) and tryptamine (TPA) led to the formation of five novel crystalline compounds: L-PRO±·HBTA (1), D-PRO±·HBTA (2), DL-PRO±·HBTA (3), INA·HBTA (4) and TPA+·BTA− (5). The prepared supramolecular assemblies were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, an elemental analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy and a thermal analysis based on thermogravimetry (TG) combined with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Additionally, their melting points through TG/DSC measurements were established. All fabricated adducts demonstrated the same stoichiometry, displayed as 1:1. The integration of HBTA with selected N-containing co-formers yielded different forms of multi-component crystalline phases: zwitterionic co-crystals (1–3), true co-crystal (4) or true salt (5). In the asymmetric units of 1–4, the acidic ingredient is protonated, whereas the corresponding N-containing entities take either the zwitterionic form (1–3) or remain in the original neutral figure (4). The molecular structure of complex 5 is occupied by the real ionic forms of both components, namely the (benzylthio)acetate anion (BTA−) and the tryptaminium cation (TPA+). In crystals 1–5, the respective molecular residues are permanently bound to each other via strong H-bonds provided by the following pairs of donor···acceptor: Ocarboxylic···Ocarboxylate and Npyrrolidinium···Ocarboxylate in 1–3, Ocarboxylic···Npyridine and Namine···Ocarboxylic in 4 as well as Nindole···Ocarboxylate and Naminium···Ocarboxylate in 5. The crystal structures of conglomerates 1–5 are also stabilized by numerous weaker intermolecular contacts, including C–H···O (1–3, 5), C–H···S (1, 2, 5), C–H···N (5), C–H···C (5), C–H···π (1–5) as well as π···π (4) interactions. The different courses of registered FT-IR spectral traces and thermal profiles for materials 1–5 in relation to their counterparts, gained for the pure molecular ingredients, also clearly confirm the formation of new crystalline phases.

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