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© 2022 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Flexible coordination polymer networks reveal a plethora of structural transformations when exposed to high pressure as an external stimulus. Transformations are driven through organic linkers in a variety of ways, such as bond rotations, rearrangements and conformational shifts. We have successfully synthesised two sets of isostructural lanthanide coordination polymer networks that differ as a consequence of the lanthanide contraction. We have demonstrated that a pressure-induced reversible phase transition is possible between the two structurally distinct sets of networks. The system demonstrates a bond rearrangement due to an alteration of carboxylic acid binding modes from the 2,5-bis(allyloxy)terephthalate linker in addition to bond rotations within the flexible carbon backbone of the linker between 30-35 kbar.
Author(s): Hunter LR, Sellars JD, Probert MR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: CrystEngComm
Year: 2022
Volume: 24
Issue: 47
Pages: 8208-8212
Print publication date: 21/12/2022
Online publication date: 10/11/2022
Acceptance date: 28/10/2022
Date deposited: 16/06/2023
ISSN (electronic): 1466-8033
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE00499B
DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00499b
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