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Assembly of a Face‐to‐Face Tetranuclear Copper( I ) Complex as a Host for an Anthracene Guest
Author(s) -
Ziessel Raymond,
Charbonnière Loïc,
Cesario Michèle,
Prangé Thierry,
Nierengarten Hélène
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.1002/1521-3773(20020315)41:6<975::aid-anie975>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - anthracene , chemistry , copper , cyclic voltammetry , molecule , crystallography , ligand (biochemistry) , spectroscopy , cyclophane , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , photochemistry , stereochemistry , crystal structure , organic chemistry , receptor , physics , electrochemistry , biochemistry , electrode , quantum mechanics
Anthracene in a bucket : Coordination‐driven assembly of a ditopic ligand with copper salts leads to two stable tetranuclear complexes. The major complex, characterized by X‐ray crystallography (see picture), displays a face‐to‐face arrangement of the phenanthroline subunits, and the inclusion of an anthracene molecule can be demonstrated by both proton NMR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The minor species has a plaited structure and does not exhibit significant interaction with the anthracene guest.