Coordination-driven self-assembly of charged and neutral dendritic tetrakis(ferrocenyl) rhomboids

Quan Jie Li, Guang Zhen Zhao, Li Jun Chen, Hongwei Tan, Cui Hong Wang, De Xian Wang, Danielle A. Lehman, David C. Muddiman, Hai Bo Yang

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Abstract

By combining 60° bis(ferrocenyl) di-Pt(II) acceptors and the complementary 120° dipyridyl or dicarboxylate donors substituted with [G-1]-[G-3] Fréchet-type dendrons, self-assembly of a new series of charged or neutral dendritic tetrakis(ferrocenyl) rhomboids was realized under mild conditions in high yields, respectively. The structures of all difunctionalized rhomboids were characterized by multinuclear NMR ( 1H and 31P), ESI-TOF-MS, CSI-TOF-MS, and elemental analysis. Moreover, their electrochemical behavior was studied through cyclic voltammetry investigations. Further insight into the structural characterization of all rhomboidal metallacycles, such as the shape and size, was obtained via molecular simulation by PM6 semiempirical molecular orbital methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7241-7247
Number of pages7
JournalOrganometallics
Volume31
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Oct 2012

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