Polysulfonate ligands

The stability of pillared layered networks with polysulfonate ligands will be discussed later however, at this point, it is worth noting that the layered AgSOa structure was retained even with the creation of void space with the mesitylene pillar. An indication of the favorabihty of the network structure of compound 5, beyond the stabihty over 300°C, came from the BaQ2 complex of the same ligand, compound 6. Despite the increased charge on the cation, a... 

The first approach, that of varying the organic spacer, was pursued using both monosulfonate and polysulfonate ligands. With monosulfonates, it was clear that only a certain size of R group on the sulfonate could be tolerated while retaining a two-dimensional motif, and so this was varied... 

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