Attempted assembly of discrete coordination complexes into 1-D chains using halogen bonding or halogen⋯halogen interactions

Abstract

Attempts at creating infinite 1-D architectures using M(II)-acac complexes as building blocks and halogen bonding or halogen⋯halogen contacts failed to produce the desired motifs, and serve to illustrate how intermolecular interactions can be ranked in terms of their structural influence and supramolecular effectiveness.