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Stimuli‐Responsive Topological Transformation of a Molecular Borromean Ring via Controlled Oxidation of Thioether Moieties
Author(s) -
Zhang HaiNing,
Yu WeiBin,
Lin YueJian,
Jin GuoXin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202103264
Subject(s) - thioether , metallacycle , ring (chemistry) , ligand (biochemistry) , transformation (genetics) , yield (engineering) , stereochemistry , chemistry , crystallography , materials science , physics , x ray crystallography , organic chemistry , receptor , diffraction , optics , metallurgy , biochemistry , gene
Abstract A Cp*‐Rh based D‐shaped binuclear metallacycle and a template‐free molecular Borromean ring ( BR ) were obtained in high yield using the semi‐rigid thioether dipyridyl ligand 1,4‐bis[(pyridin‐4‐ylthio)methyl]benzene ( Bptmb ). The topological transformation from a binuclear metallacycle and a BR to tetranuclear metallacycles was realized via the controlled oxidation of thioethers. The strategy used in this work can be regarded as a new form of stimuli‐responsive post‐synthesis modification ( PSM ).