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Template Synthesis, Metalation, and Self‐Assembly of Protic Gold(I)/(NHC) 2 Tectons Driven by Metallophilic Interactions
Author(s) -
Ruiz Javier,
García Lucía,
Sol Daniel,
Vivanco Marilín
Publication year - 2016
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/anie.201603688
Subject(s) - metalation , self assembly , crystallography , chemistry , stereochemistry , nanotechnology , materials science
A new protocol for the synthesis of protic bis(N‐heterocyclic carbene) complexes of Au I by a stepwise metal‐controlled coupling of isocyanide and propargylamine is described. They are used as tectons for the construction of supramolecular architectures through metalation and self‐assembly. Notably a unique polymeric chain of Cu I with alternate Au I /bis(imidazolate) bridging scaffolds and strong unsupported Cu I –Cu I interactions has been generated, as well as a 28‐metal‐atoms cluster containing a nanopiece of Cu 2 O trapped by peripheral Au I /bis(imidazolate) moieties.