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Frontispiece: Linked Supramolecular Building Blocks for Enhanced Cluster Formation
Author(s) -
McLellan Ross,
Palacios Maria A.,
Beavers Christine M.,
Teat Simon J.,
Piligkos Stergios,
Brechin Euan K.,
Dalgarno Scott J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201580762
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , cluster (spacecraft) , methylene , calixarene , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , block (permutation group theory) , crystallography , metal , transition metal , bridge (graph theory) , stereochemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , molecule , computer science , crystal structure , organic chemistry , mathematics , medicine , biochemistry , receptor , geometry , programming language , catalysis
Supramolecular Chemistry In the Full Paper on page 2804 ff. , S. Piligkos, E. K. Brechin, S. J. Dalgarno et al. report the use of methylene‐bridged calix[4]arenes as versatile ligand supports for the construction of polymetallic clusters with fascinating magnetic properties. Empirical metal‐ion binding rules established for this building block help to partially rationalise the complex assembly process. Linking calix[4]arenes at the methylene bridge provides improved control over the introduction of different metal centres to resulting cluster motifs. Clusters assembled from bis‐calix[4]arenes and transition metal ions or 3d‐4f combinations display characteristic features of the analogous calix[4]arene‐supported clusters, thereby demonstrating an enhanced and rational approach towards the targeted synthesis of complex and challenging structures.