Abstract:We describe a multidentate tripodal ligand in which three pendant arms carrying di(2-picolyl)amine units are linked to the ortho-positions of a tris (o-xylyl) scaffold, providing N(CH 2 -o-C 6 H 4 -CH 2 N(CH 2 py) 2 ) 3 (L). Reaction of L with CuCl 2 in the presence of hexafluorophosphate anion afforded blue cubes of [(CuCl) 3 L](PF 6 ) 3 ⋅5H 2 O (1). Crystallographic studies of 1 revealed that the three symmetry-related arms each coordinate a {Cu II Cl} unit, and two molecules of 1 are connected to one another through a Cu(µ-Cl) 2 Cu bridge, extending the molecular structure to form a two-dimensional layer.These 2-D layers pack in an ABCABC… fashion with PF 6 -anions located in between.Reaction of 1 with a stoichiometric amount of perrhenate ion afforded blue plates ofCompound 2 has the same lattice structure of 1, but the tricopper unit backbone now traps one ReO 4 -anion through Coulombic interactions.In addition, three molecules of 2 are bridged by a perrhenate ion forming a Cu 3 (µ 3 -ReO 4 )cluster to give a different 2-D structure, displaying a rare tridentate bridging ReO 4 -mode.Thus in addition to classic perrhenate trapping through weak Coulombic interactions, 2 represents an exceptional example in which the ReO 4 -anion is immobilized in an extended framework through tight covalent interactions. The interlamellar PF 6 -anions in 1 can be exchanged with other anions including perrhenate, perchlorate, or periodate. The structural similarity between perrhenate and pertechnetate makes these materials of potential interest for pertechnetate trapping.3