title: Self-assembly of nanoscale, porous T-symmetric molecular adamantanoids.
abstract: Treatments of lanthanide nitrate or perchlorate and C2-symmetric 2,2'-hydroxy-1,1'-binaphthalene-6,6'-dicarboxylic acid (6,6'-H2BDA) led to diastereoselective self-assembly of nanoscale, porous molecular adamantanoids [Ln4(BDA)6(H2O)12]*12DMF (Ln = Gd, La, 1a,b). These adamantanoid clusters possess perfect T symmetry as a result of the C2-symmetric nature of BDA bridging ligands and C3-symmetric nature of lanthanide ions. Face-to-face intercluster hydrogen bonds formed between 2,2'-dihydroxyl groups of BDA ligands and carboxylate oxygen atoms direct the assembly of 3D polycages based on chiral molecular adamantanoid building blocks which possess two different types of open channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Helen L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lin