Self-assembled coordination cages based on banana-shaped ligands
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences · University of Göttingen
Abstract
The combination of pyridyl ligands and square-planar Pd(ii) or Pt(ii) cations has proven to be a very reliable recipe for the realization of supramolecular self-assemblies. This tutorial review deals with the design, synthesis and host-guest chemistry of discrete coordination cages built according to this strategy. The focus is set on structures obeying the formula [PdnL2n] (n = 2-4). The most discussed ligands are bent, bis-monodentate bridges having their two donor sites pointing in the same direction. The structures of the resulting cages range from simple globules over intertwined knots to interpenetrated dimers featuring three small pockets instead of one large cavity. The cages have large openings that…
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Authors
3- MHMuxin Han
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, University of Göttingen
- DMDavid M. Engelhard
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, University of Göttingen
- GHGuido H. CleverCorresponding
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, University of Göttingen
Topics & keywords
- Chemistry
- Crystallography
- Nanotechnology
- Stereochemistry
- Materials science