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Inside Back Cover: Octadecanuclear Gear Wheels by Self‐Assembly of Self‐Assembled “Double Saddle”‐Type Coordination Entities: Molecular “Rangoli” (Chem. Eur. J. 4/2015)
Author(s) -
Dasary Hareesha,
Jagan Rajamony,
Chand Dillip Kumar
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.201590013
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , saddle , palladium , solid state , saddle point , type (biology) , crystallography , state (computer science) , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , chemical physics , stereochemistry , geometry , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , mathematics , catalysis , organic chemistry , algorithm , ecology , biology
Molecular Rangoli “Rangoli” is a traditional Indian art form that utilizes the concept of geometry to create beautiful patterns (see picture), as resembled by the solid‐state packing of the tailor‐made “double saddle”‐type trinuclear palladium(II) complexes reported by D. K. Chand et al. in their Full Paper on page 1499 ff. The palladium(II) complexes, crafted with π surfaces at strategically located positions, are found to assemble in the solid state to create octadecanuclear rings. Further interactions among the rings are considered and the term “molecular rangoli” is used to describe the packing.