Chapter 3 - Supramolecular coordination complexes from metalloligands: Heteronuclear complexes and coordination polymers and their applications in catalysis

Abstract

The chapter showcases the utilization of assorted metalloligands offering judiciously selected coordination-sensitive functional groups for the synthesis of discrete heterometallic complexes and multidimensional coordination polymers (CPs). In both categories, metalloligands were offering either heterocyclic rings or arylcarboxylic acid groups as the appended functional groups. The type of functional groups and their placement on a metalloligand are shown to have a significant effect on the dimensionality of the resultant architectures. Both discrete complexes and CPs functioned as notable catalysts for assorted organic transformation reactions. While discrete complexes acted as the homogenous catalysts for a number of challenging organic transformations; the multidimensional CPs were blessed as the reusable and recyclable heterogeneous catalysts.