Geometry directed self-selection in the coordination-driven self-assembly of irregular supramolecular polygons

  • Yao Rong Zheng
  • , Brian H. Northrop
  • , Hai Bo Yang
  • , Liang Zhao
  • , Peter J. Stang

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Abstract

The self-assembly of irregular metallo-supramolecular hexagons and parallelograms has been achieved in a self-selective manner upon mixing 120° unsymmetrical dipyridyl ligands with 60° or 120° organoplatinum acceptors in a 1:1 ratio. The polygons have been characterized using 31P and 1H multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) as well as X-ray crystallography. Geometric features of the molecular subunits direct the self-selection process, which is supported by molecular force field computations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3554-3557
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume74
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2009

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