Zhang Qingfu, Geng Aijing, Zhang Haina, Hu Falu, Lu Zhang-Hui, Sun Dezhi, Wei Xilian, Ma Chunlin
Research Center for Functional Organic Molecules and Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Hunan Road 1, Liaocheng 252059 (P.R. China).
Chemistry. 2014 Apr 22;20(17):4885-90. doi: 10.1002/chem.201304784. Epub 2014 Mar 19.
The syntheses and structures of two new Zn(II) complexes, a 2D graphite-like layer {[Zn(PIA)H2 O]⋅H2 O}n (1) and an independent 1D single-walled metal-organic nanotube (SWMONT) {[Zn2 (PIA)2 (bpy)2 ]⋅2.5 H2 O⋅DMA}n (2), have been reported based on a "Y"-shaped 5-(pyridine-4-yl)isophthalic acid ligand (H2 PIA). Interestingly, the 2D graphite-like layer in 1 can transform into the independent 1D SWMONT in 2 with addition of 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), which represents the first successfully experimental example of an independent 1D metal-organic nanotube generated from a 2D layer by a "rolling-up" mechanism.
