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Cover Feature: Anilate Tethered Neutral Tetrahedral Pd(II) Cages Exhibiting Selective Encapsulation of Xylenes and Mesitylene (Chem. Eur. J. 19/2020)
Author(s) -
Yadav Ashok,
Sarkar Meghamala,
Subrahmanyam Sappati,
Chaudhary Atul,
HeyHawkins Evamarie,
Boomishankar Ramamoorthy
Publication year - 2020
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.202000473
Subject(s) - mesitylene , chemistry , molecule , terphenyl , tetrahedron , encapsulation (networking) , stereochemistry , crystallography , benzene , organic chemistry , computer network , computer science
Neutral molecular cages with definite intrinsic voids and adjustable portals are fascinating for the selective encapsulation and recognition of organic guest molecules. This work reports a family of iso‐structural neutral tetrahedral Pd(II) derived cages built from three different anilate linkers that show the selective encapsulation of xylene isomers and mesitylene. The selective binding of these aromatic guests is driven by the variations in the portal diameters controlled by the substituents on the anilate backbone and their interactions with guest molecules. More information can be found in the Communication by R. Boomishankar et al. on page 4209.