Recent developments in polymerizations within the nanochannels of porous coordination polymers (PCPs) are covered in this tutorial review. The characteristic features of PCPs are regular structures, controllable channel sizes and shapes, a designable surface functionality, and flexible frameworks, which can be utilized for precision polymer synthesis and specific polymer confinement. This revie...

A fluorescent supramolecular polymer was efficiently constructed by pillar[5]arene-based host-guest molecular recognition and zinc ion coordination.

Magnetic water-soluble cyano-bridged metallic coordination polymer nanoparticles of controlled size were prepared by using water-soluble chitosan beads.

In the title coordination polymer, [Pb(C(7)H(3)NO(4))](n), the Pb(II) ion is eight-coordinated in a distorted square-anti-prismatic geometry formed by one pyridine N atom and seven carboxyl-ate O atoms from four pyridine-2,3-dicarboxyl-ate (pda) anions. In the pda anion, the dihedral angles between the pyridine ring and carboxyl-ate groups are 19.5 (6) and 73.3 (6)°. The carboxyl-ate groups of ...

A metal-organic coordination polymer based on benzenetricarboxylic acid ligands and Zn(II) ions was grown on a COOH-terminated organic surface in a stepwise fashion. The deposited films were characterized using a number of surface analysis techniques, including X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. IR measurements show that the metal-organic coordination polymer gr...

The asymmetric unit of the title coordination polymer consists of a dinuclear neutral complex mol-ecule of formula [Cu(2)(C(18)H(14)Br(4)N(2)O(2))(2)](n). One of the Cu(II) ions is coordinated in a distorted square-planar geometry, whereas the other is coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry, the long apical Cu-O bond [2.885 (4) Å] of the square-pyramidal coordination being provide...

The synthesis and structural, magnetic and gas adsorption properties of a series of coordination polymer materials prepared from a new, highly flexible and internally functional tetrakis-carboxybenzyl ligand H4L derived from 1,2-diaminoethane have been examined. The compound poly-[Ni3(HL)2(OH2)4]·2DMF·2H2O 1, a two-dimensional coordination polymer, contains aqua- and carboxylato-bridged trinucl...

In the title compound, {(C(16)H(22)N(4))[Co(C(10)H(2)O(8))(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O}(n), the octa-hedrally coordinated Co(II) atom is situated on an inversion center and possesses four aqua ligands. The Co atoms are linked into an anionic coordination polymer chain by bis-monodentate pyromellitate ligands. The chain motifs are connected into a supra-molecular layer by hydrogen bonding mediated by unco...

We report the direct observation of dioxygen molecules physisorbed in the nanochannels of a microporous copper coordination polymer by the MEM (maximum entropy method)/Rietveld method, using in situ high-resolution synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction measurements. The obtained MEM electron density revealed that van der Waals dimers of physisorbed O2 locate in the middle of nanochannels and for...

It is a challenge to synthesize a porous tubular coordination polymer with magnetic properties. Utilizing [Fe(II)(bipy)(CN)4](2-) (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine) as the building block to react with Mn(2+), we successfully synthesized a cyano-bridged tubular coordination polymer with dominant ferromagnetic interactions. The inner surface of the heterometallic tube is hydrophilic, whereas the outer surf...