Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention are directed to bimetallic substituted triazole compounds and methods to prepare the compounds. The compounds include at least one 1,2,3-triazole that is substituted by two metal ions at the 1 and 4 or 5 positions of the triazole ring. An iClick reaction between a metal acetylide and a metal azide results in the bimetallic substituted triazole ring. Depending on the metal acetylide and the metal azide used, monomeric bimetallic substituted triazole compounds, oligomeric bimetallic triazole compounds, or polymeric bimetallic triazole compounds are formed. Polymeric bimetallic triazole compounds can be linear, branched, ladder, two-dimensional network, or three-dimensional networks.