ABSTRACT

Abstract: Polymeric metal diazolates typically appear as insoluble and intractable powders, the structure of which can only be retrieved by the extensive use of ab initio x-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) methods from conventional laboratory data. A number of selected examples from the metal

Introduction .............................................................................................................. 16 Brief Description of the Ab Initio XRPD Technique, as Implemented and Developed in Our Laboratories (1993-2009) .......................................................... 17 Metal Pyrazolates ..................................................................................................... 19

Buchner’s “Silber Salz”....................................................................................... 19 Magnetically Active One-Dimensional Polymers ............................................... 21 Polycationic Polymeric Species ..........................................................................24

Metal Imidazolates ...................................................................................................26 Antimicrobially Active Polymers ........................................................................26 Uno, Nessuno, Centomila ...................................................................................28 Interpenetrating Diamondoid Frameworks ......................................................... 31

Metal Pyrimidinolates .............................................................................................. 32 The Lord of the Rings ......................................................................................... 32 Some Like It Hot ................................................................................................. 35 Magnetically Active Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Systems..........36 Mineralomimetic Coordination Frameworks ...................................................... 39 Breathless ............................................................................................................ 42 Blow Up .............................................................................................................. 42

Conclusions and Outlook ......................................................................................... 47 Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................48 References ................................................................................................................48