Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.2, 280-281, 2007
Isomerism effect on flexibility of layered frameworks in organic salts of 4,4'-biphenyldisulfonic acid with primary amines
Organic salt of 4,4'-biphenyldisulfonic acid with isopropylamine yields a flexible layered framework with guest-responsive channels, while the salt with n-propylamine does a rigid one with fixed channels. The flexibilities of the framework are modulated by an isomerism effect of alkyl groups on the basis of different directions of methyl groups.