Molecular tectonics: generation of 2-D molecular networks by combination of coordination and hydrogen bonds

Abstract

The combination of two organic tectons 1 and 2, based on a 1,4-phenylenediamine backbone functionalised with two pyridine units through amide junctions with HgCl₂, leads to the formation of two types of 2-D networks, one of the purely metallo-organic type, based on only coordination bonds, and the other combining both coordination and hydrogen bonds.