1. What have the authors contributed in "Engineering 2d→2d parallel interpenetration using long alkoxy-chain substituents" ?
In this paper, the structural consequences of reducing the length of the alkoxy substituents on going from the ditopic ligand 1,4-bis ( n-octoxy ) -2,5-bis ( 4,2':6',4 '' -terpyridin-4'yl ) benzene ( 1 ) to 1, 4-bis-methoxy-2, 5-bis- ( n ) -bis ( 4, 2':6, 4 '' -tpy ) -benzenes with zinc ( II ) halides are described.
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2. What is the common method of synthesis of tpy ligands?
4'-Substituents which can facilitate the assembly of 3-dimensional architectures are easily introduced during the synthesis of 4,2':6',4''-tpy using Kröhnke [20] or one-pot [21] strategies.
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3. What is the common method of forming a 3-dimensional structure?
Simpler 4,2':6',4''-tpy tectons typically bind metal ions only through the outer pyridine rings of the tpy domain (Scheme 1, left) to produce, most commonly, 1- dimensional chains.
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4. how many reflections were converged at final R1?
Refinement of 5173 reflections (267 parameters) with The author>2σ (I) converged at final R1 = 0.0683 (R1all data = 0.0733), wR2 = 0.1811 (wR2 all data = 0.1843), gof = 0.9589.
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![Figure 4. Part of one (4,4) sheet in [{Zn2Br4(1)}]n viewed down the (a) c-axis, and (b) b-axis showing alignment of the octoxy chains within the sheet.](/figures/figure-4-part-of-one-44-sheet-in-zn2br4-1-n-viewed-down-the-2a3arljt.png)
![Figure 3. Formation of metallomacrocyclic units in each (4,4) net in [{Zn2Br4(1)}]n. Octyl chains and H atoms are omitted for clarity.](/figures/figure-3-formation-of-metallomacrocyclic-units-in-each-44-3kvv2c4i.png)
![Fig. 7. (a) Formation of metallomacrocyclic units in each (4,4) net in [{Zn2Br4(2)}.2C6H4Cl2]n; the colour coding is the same as in Fig. 3. (b) Part of one corrugated (4,4) sheet in [{Zn2Br4(2)}.2C6H4Cl2]n (compare with Fig. 4a). (c) TOPOS representation of part of one sheet in [{Zn2Br4(2)}.2C6H4Cl2]n.](/figures/fig-7-a-formation-of-metallomacrocyclic-units-in-each-44-net-u3q7we4s.png)

![Fig. 6. The repeat unit (with symmetry generated connected atoms) in [{Zn2Br4(2)}.2C6H4Cl2]n (H atoms omitted; ellipsoids plotted at 40% probability level). Symmetry codes: i = –1–x, 1–y, –z; ii = –3/2+x, 3/2–y, –1/2+z; iii = 1/2–x, – 1/2+y, 1/2–z; iv = –3/2+x, 1/2–y, –1/2+z; v = 1/2–x, 1/2+y, 1/2–z. Selected bond lengths and angles: Zn1–Nv = 2.050(4), Zn1–Br1 = 2.3503(8), Zn1–Br2 = 2.3665(8), Zn1– N1= 2.046(4) Å; N3v–Zn1–Br1 = 109.00(11), N3v–Zn1–Br2 = 103.86(10), Br1– Zn1–Br2 = 120.66(3), N3v–Zn1–N1 = 105.18(14), Br1–Zn1–N1 = 108.78(11), Br2–Zn1–N1 = 108.27(11)o.](/figures/fig-6-the-repeat-unit-with-symmetry-generated-connected-206t9xzf.png)
