Templation and Concentration Drive Conversion Between a FeII12L12 Pseudoicosahedron, a FeII4L4 Tetrahedron, and a FeII2L3 Helicate

Dawei Zhang, Quan Gan, Alex J. Plajer, Roy Lavendomme, Tanya K. Ronson, Zifei Lu, Jesper D. Jensen, Bo W. Laursen, Jonathan R. Nitschke

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Abstract

We report the construction of three structurally distinct self-assembled architectures: FeII12L12 pseudoicosahedron 1, FeII2L3 helicate 2, and FeII4L4 tetrahedron 3, formed from a single triazatriangulenium subcomponent A under different reaction conditions. Pseudoicosahedral capsule 1 is the largest formed through subcomponent self-assembly to date, with an outer-sphere diameter of 5.4 nm and a cavity volume of 15 nm3. The outcome of self-assembly depended upon concentration, where the formation of pseudoicosahedron 1 was favored at higher concentrations, while helicate 2 exclusively formed at lower concentrations. The conversion of pseudoicosahedron 1 or helicate 2 into tetrahedron 3 occurred following the addition of a CB11H12 or B12F122– template.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1106-1112
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume144
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Jan 2022

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