Supplementary Material for Chemical Communications This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2003 The first organically templated 1-D lithioberyllofluoride chain, [LiBe2F7][C4N2H12][H2O]1.5 Lee A. Gerrard,* Mark T. Weller Supplementary data. TGA 3.00E+05 1.20E+01 2.50E+05 1.00E+01 2.00E+05 8.00E+00 1.00E+05 6.00E+00 5.00E+04 0.00E+00 Weight mg MCals/s 1.50E+05 mCal/s mg 4.00E+00 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 -5.00E+04 2.00E+00 -1.00E+05 -1.50E+05 0.00E+00 Temp C TGA curve for title compound. Carried out in static air in the range 25 to 500 ºC (heating rate 10 ºC/min). Mass loss between 100-150 ºC is 10 % and is due to the solvent water and HF molecules. Second and third mass loss is due to each of the piperazine molecules at roughly 20 %. Supplementary Material for Chemical Communications This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2003 IR of [LiBe2F7][C4N2H12][H2O]1.5 80 70 % Transmittance 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 3850 3350 2850 2350 1850 1350 850 Wavenumber (cm-1) IR showing the main stretches at 3587, 3443, 3247, 3022, 3005, 2872, 2820 and 2576 cm-1 for (O-H), (N-H) and (C-H). 350 Supplementary Material for Chemical Communications This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2003 Metal-Metal distances BE(1) BE(1) BE(2) BE(2) LI(1) LI(1) - LI(1) - LI(1)a - LI(1) - LI(1)b - LI(1)a - LI(1)b 2.972(3) 3.093(3) 3.022(3) 3.058(3) 3.994(3) 4.085(4) a = 1-x,1-y,1-z, b = -x,1-y,1-z Hydrogen bonding distances Table S9 - Hydrogen Bonds (Angstrom, Deg) for: s92 in P-1 D N1 N1 N2 N2 ----- H H1 H2 H7 H8 .. .. .. .. A F7 F1 F2 F4 D-H 0.90(2) 0.90(2) 0.86(2) 0.89(2) H…A 1.76(2) 1.90(2) 1.79(2) 1.94(2) D…A 2.622(2) 2.766(3) 2.630(2) 2.774(2) Translation of Symmetry Code to Equiv.Pos [2666.00] [2656.00] [1654.00] = 1-x,1-y,1-z = 1-x,-y,1-z = 1+x,y,-1+z D-H…A 160(2) 162(2) 165(2) 155(2) Symmop-A 2_656 2_666 2_666 1_654 Supplementary Material for Chemical Communications This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2003 Synthetic details and analytical data The title compound was synthesised by a two-step hydrothermal process followed by a slow evaporation. BeF2 (0.1 g), HF (0.17 ml) and C4N2H10 (0.18 g) were added to H2O (1 ml) in a 23 ml Teflon lined autoclave and heated to 150 C for 2 hr. The mix was then cooled for 3 hr and one equivalent of Li2CO3 (0.035 g) was added then reheated at 150 C for 1 day. After the resulting solution was left to cool and slowly evaporate colourless rod like single crystals were formed. Anal. Calc. for Li2Be4F14C8N4H30O3; C 16.97; H 5.50; N 9.66 %; Found C 16.70; H 5.93; N 9.68 %. IR (cm–1): 3587w, 3443wb, 3247m, 3022m, 3005m, 2872w, 2820w, 2575w (O-H), (N-H) and (C-H) stretches.