New rigid angular dicarboxylic acid for the construction of nanoscopic supramolecules: from a molecular rectangle to a 1-D coordination polymer.

A new rigid angular bridging ligand, 7-oxa-dibenzofluorene-3,11-dicarboxylic acid (H(2)L), was synthesized by cyanation of known rac-6,6'-dibromo-1,1'-bi-2-naphthol followed by ring closure and hydrolysis with concentrated sulfuric acid and used for the self-assembly of nanoscopic molecular rectangle [Cu(4)(L)(4)(Py)(8)].2DMF.10H(2)O, 1, and 1-D coordination polymer [Co(2)(L)(2)(Py)(4)].2DMF.2H(2)O, 2. Both 1 and 2 contain open channels occupied by DMF and water guest molecules. Crystal data for 1:[?] triclinic, space group P(-)1, a = 8.869(2) A, b = 16.437(3) A, c = 21.586(4) A, alpha = 78.18(3), beta = 79.19(3), gamma = 83.66(3), U = 3017.0(11) A(3), and Z = 1. Crystal data for 2: triclinic, space group P(-)1, a = 8.254(2) A, b = 12.154(2) A, c = 15.348(3) A, alpha = 95.34(3), beta = 93.38(3), gamma = 94.37(3), U = 1525.1(5) A(3), and Z = 1.