Solvent-Controlled Polymerization Of Molecular Strontium Vanadate Monomers Into 1d Strontium Vanadium Oxide Chains

We report the polymerization of a solvent-stabilized molecular strontium vanadium oxide monomer into infinite 1D chains. Supramolecular polymerization is triggered by controlled solvent-exchange, which leads to oligomer and polymer formation. Mechanistic insights into the chain formation were obtained by solid-state, solution, and gas-phase studies. The study shows how reactivity control of molecular metal oxides can be used to assemble complex inorganic polymeric structures.