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136 Y. Aoyama<br />

A trigonal centre is found <strong>in</strong> the ThSi 2 lattice.A similar structure 16 is formed<br />

when a tritopic tricyano <strong>de</strong>rivative 15 is connected with trigonal-bipyramidal<br />

Ag I (AgOTf; Tf=CF 3SO 2) centres (Fig. 3) [41].<br />

The large channels generated, ~15 Å <strong>in</strong> 15◊AgOTf and at least 10 Å for the<br />

free space (i.e. distance between van <strong>de</strong>r Waals surfaces of porphyr<strong>in</strong>s fac<strong>in</strong>g<br />

each other) <strong>in</strong> 3 ◊ CuBF 4, are filled with solvent molecules and counter anions.<br />

It is not surpris<strong>in</strong>g that there is topological similarity <strong>in</strong> general between<br />

pack<strong>in</strong>g patterns of symmetric organic molecules and <strong>in</strong>organic crystal structures.<br />

For example, 1,3,5,7-tetrahydroxyadamantane has four OH groups, each<br />

act<strong>in</strong>g as a hydrogen-bond donor as well as an acceptor; the molecule as a<br />

whole behaves as an 8-connector and its crystal structure is topologically related<br />

to CsCl [42].<br />

2.3<br />

Layered 2D Nets<br />

The channel is an important structural motif through which <strong>in</strong>clu<strong>de</strong>d guests<br />

may move. While, as noted above, porous 3D nets have a channel-like cont<strong>in</strong>ui-<br />

15<br />

16<br />

Fig. 3. ThSi 2-related structure of 15◊ AgOTf. The counteranion <strong>in</strong> 16 is not shown for clarity

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