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Back Cover: Dondorff Rings: Synthesis, Isolation, and Properties of 60°‐Directed Bisterpyridine‐Based Folded Tetramers (Chem. Eur. J. 37/2012)
Author(s) -
Schultz Anthony,
Li Xiaopeng,
McCusker Catherine E.,
Moorefield Charles N.,
Castellano Felix N.,
Wesdemiotis Chrys,
Newkome George R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201290162
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , ruthenium , chemistry , crystallography , stereochemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , catalysis
Taking advantage of the coordination strength of a ruthenium(II) bisterpyridine complex, G. Newkome, C. Wesdemiotis, A. Schultz, and co‐workers in their Communication on page 11569 ff. have successfully synthesized a series of novel tetrameric macrocycles based on a 60°‐oriented bisterpyridine ligand, resulting in folded architectures. Resembling the graceful giant manta ray, these folded metallomacrocycles, termed Dondorff rings after the first to report these rays, were characterized photophysically, as well as by ESI‐TWIM‐MS and molecular modeling.