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Crystal Engineering of Porous Solids Using Coordination Polymers. Robin D. Rogers, C. V. Krishnamohan Sharma, Grant A. Broker, Richard P. Swatloski, and Lillian M. Rogers, Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA

Crystal engineering can be used to design, synthesis, characterize, and apply porous solids in separation science. Coordination chemistry provides the crystal engineer with a wealth of data from which to chose appropriate synthons, a necessary first step in the construction of cationic, anionic, or neutral 1D, 2D, and 3D crystalline frameworks. This presentation will discuss our work with metals of varying Lewis acidity and coordination geometry, ligands of varying functionality, structural features, and directionality, and anions that may or may not participate in long range ordering interactions. Systematic studies in controlling the crystalline frameworks for several series of compounds including structural results for 0D complexes, 1D polymeric chains, 2D grids or boxes, and 3D networks, will be presented. The introduction of molecular recognition sites into the polymeric backbone will also be discussed.