Self-assembling coordination compounds design

This section briefly discusses the use of self-assembly in the designed synthesis of coordination compounds having higher structures. The different types of self-assembly are reviewed, along with factors which influence them. Certain well-known synthetic strategies are also described. 

Self-Assembly of Coordination Compounds Design Principles... 

Self-assembly of coordination compounds design principles 3... 

Section 9.7). Our work involved first the self-assembly of double-helical metal complexes. This particularly interesting case of self-assembly of a coordination compound represented a first step in our studies on the design of inorganic programmed systems. 

The ambidentate coordinating ability of the oxalate ion (ox = C2042 ) has made it a useful and versatile choice as a bridging ligand for the design of two- and three-dimensional compounds. Indeed, the self-assembly of inorganic architectures... 

Supramolecular entities are prepared either by designed or self-assembly, or by the breakdown of larger species - the so-called bottom-up and top-down approaches respectively. Most supramolecular zinc compounds have been obtained by self-assembly methods, often operating in a rather hit-and-miss way. However, controlled cleavage of coordination polymers should prove a useful route to predesigned supramolecular assemblies. An example of this approach is provided by the... 

Self-assembly methodologies have been used for the designed synthesis of a range of discrete, metallocyclic 2-D and 3-D coordination compounds. The topologies of many such compounds resemble well-known geometric shapes, so that they are widely referred to as molecular polygons (2-D) or molecular polyhedra (3-D). 

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