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Fujita et al., 1994. Fujita et al. Nature , 1994. molecular "magic rings". Fujita et al. The stoichiometry will induce the right selection of the fragments so as to afford a catenane quantitatively. Fujita et al.
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Fujita et al. Nature, 1994
molecular "magic rings" Fujita et al.
The stoichiometry will induce the right selection of the fragments so as to afford a catenane quantitatively Fujita et al.
The complexes contain two identical ligands but each ligand is asymmetric: the ring is oriented
a catenane with two oriented rings Is it a chiral compound?
Double-loop compound 2a was obtained by treating ligand 4 with bimetallic linker 5 in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Typically, ligand 4 (7.1 mg, 10 mmol) was treated with 5 (4.6 mg, 5.0 mmol) in DMSO (0.50 mL) for a few minutes at ambient temperature.
Subsequently, the catenation of 2a at both loops by adding water to the solution in DMSO was examined. The newly formed product was cyclic dimer 3, which contains two catenated frameworks. Why do we need to add water??? 3 :
CPK modeling showed that an expanded conformation of 3 has an external diameter of approximately 4 nm (Figure 5). The backbone of 3 comprises 238 non-hydrogen atoms
O M e M e O M e O O O O + O O O O M e O M e M e O Free cage P d * * N * * Complexed cage 3 4 2 1 N N 5 6 8 9 7 10 11 12 N N N P d P d
Analogy with C60 Schematic representation of the self-assembly of coordination networks from metal ions which favor a square-planar coordination geometry and different bridging ligands. a) Linear ligands are expected to give 2D grid complexes. b) Slightly bent ligands are expected to lead to spherical finite complexes.
The 1H NMR spectrum (aromatic region) of the product Assembled from Pd(NO3)2 and ligand 1a (2 equiv; 500 MHz, [D6]DMSO, 258°C, TMS).
CSI-MS spectrum showing the formation of M12L24 product (PF6 salt).
a) Molecular structure 2a assembled from 24 bidentate ligands 1a and12 metal ions. b) Schematic representation of the cuboctahedral frameworks of 2a.
a) STM image of individual spheres 2a on the graphite at room temperature. b) Height profile of the STM image.
The crystal structure of 2b. Counterions and solvent molecules are omitted for clarity (green Pd, red O, blue N, gray C).
By attaching a functional group on each ligand, 24 functional groups are aligned equivalently at the periphery of the sphere. Metal–porphyrins are known to collect light energy when they are aggregated as in light harvesting proteins or chlorophylls.
A molecular modeling study of 2d : Pd yellow , the porphyrin-based and pyridine-based units are green and purple, respectively