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Chemical Communications

A crystalline zinc(ii) complex showing hollow hexagonal tubular morphology evolution, selective dye absorption and unique response to UV irradiation†

Yi-Xiang Shi,ab   Wu-Xiang Li,a   Huan-Huan Chen,a   David James Young, ORCID logo c   Wen-Hua Zhang ORCID logo *a  and  Jian-Ping Lang ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
E-mail: jplang@suda.edu.cn, whzhang@suda.edu.cn
Fax: +86-512-65880328

b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China

c Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia

Abstract

A protonated mononuclear complex [Zn(Hbpvp)Cl3] (1) is assembled by solvothermal reaction of Zn(NO3)2·6H2O with 3,5-bis-(2-(pyridin-4-yl)vinyl)pyridine (bpvp) in DMF/H2O with a few drops of concentrated HCl added. Hydrogen-bonded zigzag chains of 1 crystallize over time to form large-size hollow hexagonal tubular crystals whose evolution from irregular crystal seeds is monitored by SEM and PXRD. Upon UV light irradiation, single crystals of 1 undergo a stereoselective [2+2] photocycloaddition while its Methyl Blue-coated crystals keep intact.

Graphical abstract: A crystalline zinc(ii) complex showing hollow hexagonal tubular morphology evolution, selective dye absorption and unique response to UV irradiation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC02704D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Apr 2017
Accepted
27 Apr 2017
First published
27 Apr 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 5515-5518

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A crystalline zinc(II) complex showing hollow hexagonal tubular morphology evolution, selective dye absorption and unique response to UV irradiation

Y. Shi, W. Li, H. Chen, D. J. Young, W. Zhang and J. Lang, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 5515 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC02704D

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