Metal-ligand directed assembly of layered cluster-based coordination polymer and its solvent-mediated structural transformations

A two-dimensional (2D) cluster-based coordination polymer with 4,4-net framework Was assembled from solution using the metal-ligand directed assembly methodology. The 2D framework undergoes solvent-mediated structural transformations leading to formation of either a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded framework when using MeOH solution of (Et4N)(+) or one-dimensional coordination polymer in the presence of MeOH solution of 4,4'-dipyridyl N,N'-dioxide (dpyo).