Structural diversity of metal-organic self-assembly assisted by chlorine

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Aug 11;53(62):8767-8769. doi: 10.1039/c7cc04446a. Epub 2017 Jul 21.

Abstract

From the combination of STM imaging and DFT calculations, we show that both alkali metal and halogens interact with different sites of the target molecules resulting in structural formation in a synergistic way. The elementary metal-organic motifs are connected by Cl in a variety of fashions demonstrating structural diversity.