Structure-Directing Role of Organoamine Ligands in the Self-Assembly of Novel Bimetallic Oxides

Abstract

The introduction of dipodal nitrogen-donor ligands of varying extensions and the relative orientations of these donor groups have a profound influence on the microstructures of bimetallic copper molybdenum oxide phases. Tethered pyridyl donors yield Cu−Mo−O networks while pyrazine and pyrimidine are associated with three-dimensional Cu−Mo−O substructure frameworks with the organic components occupying well-defined channels, as illustrated alongside for [Cu2(pyrimidine)(Mo3O10)] (CUMO-6).