Directed assembly of mesoscopic metallocycles with controllable size, chirality, and functionality based on the robust Pt-alkynyl linkage.
This paper describes expeditious stepwise directed assembly of large homochiral metallocycles with up to 38 6,6'-bis(alkynyl)-1,1'-binaphthalene bridging ligands (L) and 38 trans-Pt(PEt(3))(2) ([Pt]) centers and with cavities as large as 22 nm in diameter. These unprecedented mesoscopic metallocycles are synthesized by cyclization of different lengths of oligomeric building blocks, L(m)()[Pt](m)()(+1)Cl(2) (m = 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 19, and 31) and [Pt](n)()L(n)()(+1)H(2) (n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 18, and 30), and have been characterized by a variety of techniques, including (1)H{(31)P}, (13)C{(1)H}, and (31)P{(1)H} NMR spectroscopy, MALDI-TOF MS, elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-vis, CD, size-exclusion chromatography, and diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy. The present synthetic methodology was also extended to the synthesis of non-homochiral metallocycles of very different topologies and macrocyclic structures with additional functional groups precisely placed at different positions. This work provides a general strategy for the construction of nanoscopic and mesoscopic functional supramolecular architectures of controllable size, chirality, and functionality that cannot be accessed from the existing synthetic approaches.
Jiang
Hua
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Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Lin
Wenbin
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D003500:Cyclization; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D010984:Platinum