Robert L. LaDuca

Synthesis,
Structural
Determina2on,
and
Physicochemical
Property
Studies
of
Novel
 Coordina2on
Polymers
Incorpora2ng
Kinked
and

 Hydrogen‐Bonding
Capable
Bifunc2onal
Organodiimines


Robert
L.
LaDuca



Lyman
Briggs
College,
Michigan
State
University,
East
Lansing,
MI
48825
 Hydrogen‐bonding
capable
bis(pyridylmethyl)piperazine
tethering
ligands
have
afforded

 divalent
metal
carboxylate
coordinaHon
polymers
with
novel
topologies


{[Zn3(tricarballylate)2(bpmp)
 (Hbpmp)2](ClO4)2
•5H2O}n

 an
unprecedented
self‐penetrated
2‐D

 layered
topology
with
threaded‐loop
linkages



{[Co(1,2‐phda)(4‐bpmp)1.5(H2O)]
 (H24‐bpmp)0.5(ClO4)•12H2O}n

 first
Archimedean
layer
with
regular
triangular
 and
rectangular
circuits
(334453
topology)