Abstract
A tripodal cyclotriveratrylene-based ligand with chelating 2,2‘-bipyridine arms self-assembles with either Zn(NO3)2 or Co(NO3)2 to give 3-D trigonal bipyramidal [M3L2] cage assemblies. These cages triply interlock forming [2]catenane species that have been characterized by mass spectrometry and, in the case of the Zn(II) complex, by X-ray crystallography.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2950-2951 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2008 |