sodium chloride nanorods from nanorods of one-dimensional pencil-shaped sodium coordination polymer

By considering the structure of one-dimensional pencil-shaped organometallic coordination polymer that was previously reported, we designed and synthesized [na(μ2-hdcpa)(μ3-dcpa)] n (1), [hdcpa = 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid], which has one-dimensional pencil-shaped structure too. the na atoms are surrounded with the aromatic phenyl rings of hdcpa similar to graphite of a pencil. metalophilic interactions also exists in 1 between na(i) ions similar to argentophilic interaction in our previous compound which results in formation of chain structure similar to graphite structure of a pencil. compound 1 nanorods were formed under ultrasonic irradiation and applied as template to fabricate sodium chloride nanorods. the interesting feature of our work is the formation of sodium chloride nanorods from compound 1 nanorods which have one-dimensional structure in the solid state.