Supramolecular Assemblies with Honeycomb Structures by π-π Stacking of Octahedral Metal Complexes of 1,12-Diazaperylene (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 8/2006)

✍ Scribed by Stefan Kammer; Holger Müller; Nicolas Grunwald; Anja Bellin; Alexandra Kelling; Uwe Schilde; Wulfhard Mickler; Carsten Dosche; Hans-Jürgen Holdt

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 88 KB
• Volume: 2006
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-1948
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200690016

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The cover picture shows the honeycomb structure formed by π‐π stacking of homoleptic octahedral Ni^II^ complexes of the “large‐surface” ligand 1,12‐diazaperylene (dap), Ni(dap)~3~~2~ (Ni red, N green, C dark yellow, B blue, F light yellow). The [Ni(dap)~3~]^2+^ cation and one of the BF~4~^−^ counterions form parallel nanosized channels (ca. 9.60 A° in diameter), which run along the crystallographic c axis and are filled with the other disordered BF~4~^−^ counterion (omitted for clarity). The C~3~ symmetry of [Ni(dap)~3~]^2+^ is a prerequisite for forming the highly symmetrical supramolecular assembly. Details are discussed in the article by H.‐J. Holdt et al. on p. 1547 ff.