Metal–Organic Microstructures: From Rectangular to Stellated and Interpenetrating Polyhedra
摘要:
Despite the tremendous progress made in the design of supramolecular and inorganic materials, it still remains a great challenge to obtain uniform structures with tailored size and shape. Metal-organic frameworks and infinite coordination polymers are examples of rapidly emerging materials with useful properties, yet limited morphological control. In this paper, we report the solvothermal synthesis of diverse metal-organic (sub)-microstructures with a high degree of uniformity. The porous and thermally robust monodisperse crystalline solids consist of tetrahedral polypyridyl ligands and nickel or copper ions. Our bottom-up approach demonstrates the direct assembly of these materials without the addition of any surfactants or modulators. Reaction parameters in combination with molecular structure encoding are the keys to size-shape control and structural uniformity of our metal-organic materials.
Fourfold Suzuki-Miyaura and Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reactions on Tetrahedral Methane and Adamantane Derivatives
作者:Christine I. Schilling、Oliver Plietzsch、Martin Nieger、Thierry Muller、Stefan Bräse
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201001567
日期:2011.3
An efficient way to generate a series of rigid tetrahedral organic building units from common methane and adamantane precursors is presented. Suzuki-Miyaura and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions are used to effectively generate these shape-persistent molecular tectons. Especially the Sonogashira reactions employing the readily available tetrahedral alkynes and commercial iodides and bromides are
A porphyrin macroring, mimicking the light-harvesting complex of photosynthetic purple bacteria, was synthesized by self-assembling trisporphyrinatoZn(II) complexes with imidazolyl substituents at both molecular terminals. Very strong complementary coordination of imidazolyl to Zn(II) afforded exclusively the cyclic trimer of trisporphyrin under dilute conditions at 27 degrees C in CHCl3/MeOH = 9/1 (v/v). 1H NMR spectra of the macroring indicate the existence of two topological isomers, one symmetric and one asymmetric. Use of three noncoordinated porphyrinatoZn(II) sites allows a tetrapodal ligand to be incorporated into the cavity of the macroring. A Job plot and the clear bending behavior on UV-vis titration indicated the formation a 1:1 complex; the heterogeneity of two topological isomers was not observed, and both isomers similarly accommodated the tetrapodal ligand. The association constant obtained by curve fitting analysis was 8 x 108 M-1 in toluene. This large association constant reflects the cooperative nature of three coordination sites.
METAL-ORGANIC MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION
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