Rotation of a helical coordination polymer by mechanical grinding

• Main Authors: Rath, Bibhuti Bhusan, Kole, Goutam Kumar, Morris, Samuel Alexander, Vittal, Jagadese J.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Metal-Complex; Mechanochemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160878
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Anisotropic cell volume expansion by mechanical grinding of the solid facilitates the concerted rotation of the photo-inert helical coordination polymer, which causes the misaligned arms containing olefin functional groups in the neighbouring strands to align to undergo [2+2] cycloaddition reaction...