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Resorcarene‐Based Nanoarchitectures: Metal‐Directed Assembly of a Molecular Loop and Tetrahedron
Author(s) -
Fox O. Danny,
Drew Michael G. B.,
Beer Paul. D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000103)39:1<135::aid-anie135>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - tetrahedron , dithiocarbamate , crystallography , zinc , nanoscopic scale , metal ions in aqueous solution , ion , copper , loop (graph theory) , materials science , metal , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , combinatorics , mathematics , organic chemistry
Large cavities and portals are present in the nanoscale molecular architectures formed from dithiocarbamate‐functionalized resorcarene ligands and zinc( II ) or copper( III ) ions. With Zn II a molecular loop based on a triangle of resorcarene cups is prepared—the cavity is circular (shown on the left). A molecular cage based on a distorted tetrahedron of four resorcarene ligands assembled by eight Cu III ions contains triangular‐shaped portals suitable for guest passage (shown on the right).