A Springlike 3D-Coordination Network That Shrinks or Swells in a Crystal-to-Crystal Manner upon Guest Removal or Readsorption

Kumar Biradha, Makoto Fujita

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2002 · 447 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Double interpenetration: Guest molecules can control the formation of an unprecedented interlinked network consisting of zinc and a 3D tridentate ligand. The network shrinks when guest molecules are removed and swells when they are returned (see scheme).