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iso- +‎ reticular

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isoreticular (not comparable)

  1. Having the same or similar structural topology.
    • 2005, Nathan W. Ockwig, Development and illustration of a unified conceptual framework for the design of extended metal-organic structures, page 47:
      For articles that report a series of compounds that have the same underlying topology (isoreticular), we counted such compounds as a single occurrence; however, the trend remains unchanged even when the total number of compounds belonging to such isoreticular series is counted as multiple occurrences.
    • 2009, Stuart R. Batten, Suzanne M. Neville, David R. Turner, Coordination Polymers: Design, Analysis and Application, →ISBN, page 175:
      Importantly, an isoreticular series of porous materials containing the basic zinc acetate SBU and dicarboxylate ligands exists.
    • 2013, Fransesc X. LlabrÚs i Xamena, & Jorge Gascon, Metal Organic Frameworks as Heterogeneous Catalysts, →ISBN, page 15:
      Nevertheless, there exist few examples where similar reaction conditions lead to a family of isoreticular compounds.