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Tetratopic bis(4,2′:6′,4′′-terpyridine) and bis(3,2′:6′,3′′-terpyridine) Ligands as 4-Connecting Nodes in 2D-Coordination Networks and 3D-Frameworks

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Ditopic, 4,2′:6′,4′′-terpyridine (4,2′:6′,4′′-tpy) and 3,2′:6′,3′′-terpyridine (3,2′:6′,3′′-tpy) present a divergent N,N′-donor set (the central N atom typically being non-coordinated) and are ideal building blocks for the assembly of coordination polymers and networks. The step from ditopic to tetratopic ligands which contain two interconnected 4,2′:6′,4′′-tpy or 3,2′:6′,3′′-tpy metal-binding domains renders the ligand capable of acting as a 4-connecting node and is a successful route to increasing the dimensionality of the assembly. In this short overview, we illustrate the recent development of the use of bis(4,2′:6′,4′′-tpy) and bis(3,2′:6′,3′′-tpy) ligands and compare strategies using either ditopic or tetratopic ligands.

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The work presented in this overview would not have been possible without the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant Numbers 200020_149067 and 200020_162631) and the University of Basel. Naturally, no results would have been achieved without the enthusiastic work of the coworkers in our research group and crystallographers who are warmly acknowledged in the relevant references. We thank Maximilian Klein for generating the TOPOS output for use in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11.

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This overview is dedicated to our good friend and colleague George Newkome in recognition of his innovations and pioneering work in the fields of dendrimers and terpyridine chemistry.

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Housecroft, C.E., Constable, E.C. Tetratopic bis(4,2′:6′,4′′-terpyridine) and bis(3,2′:6′,3′′-terpyridine) Ligands as 4-Connecting Nodes in 2D-Coordination Networks and 3D-Frameworks. J Inorg Organomet Polym 28, 414–427 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-017-0671-0

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