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Self-Assembly of Zr(C2O4)44– Metallotectons and Bisimidazolium Cations: Influence of the Dication on H-Bonded Framework Dimensionality and Material Potential Porosity

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Assemblies involving [Zr(C2O4)4]4– metallotectons (C2O42– = oxalate) and linear, flexible, or V-shaped organic cations (H2-Lx)2+ derived from the 1,4-bisimidazol-1-ylbenzene molecule have been envisioned to elaborate porous frameworks based on ionic H-bonds. Five architectures of formula [{(H2-L1)2Zr(C2O4)4}·2H2O] (1), [{(H2-L2)2Zr(C2O4)4}·6H2O] (2), [{(H2-L3)2Zr(C2O4)4}·6H2O] (3), [{(H2-L4)2Zr(C2O4)4}·H2O] (4), and [{(H2-L5)2Zr(C2O4)4}·6H2O] (5) (with L1 = p-bis(imidazol-1-yl)benzene, L2 = p-bis(2-methylimidazol-1-yl)benzene, L3 = p-bis(imidazol-1-yl)-2,5-dimethylbenzene, L4 = p-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene, L5 = m-bis(imidazol-1-yl)benzene) have been obtained; 1–3, and 5 show an open-framework. For all, the bisimidazolium cations (H2-Lx)2+ act as bridges between anionic complexes. Depending on the chemical features of the cation, various assembling patterns have been observed, yielding one-dimensional (1D) (2, 5) two-dimensional (2D) (1), or three-dimensional (3D) (3, 4) H-bonded networks. While inte...