Electrochemically driven clathration/declathration of ferrocene and its derivatives by a nanometer-sized coordination cage.
The electrochemical, NMR, and crystallographic studies clearly indicate that the clathration and declathration of ferrocene and its derivatives in a self-assmbled Pd(II)-linked nanometer-sized cage can be controlled by the oxidation state of the guest. Namely, the guests are clathrated when they are reduced but declathrated when they are oxidized. The process is rapid on the NMR time scale but slow on the CV time scale.
Sun
Wei-Yin
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Department of Applied Chemistry School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Kusukawa
Takahiro
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Fujita
Makoto
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