title: Gondola-shaped luminescent tetrarhenium metallacycles with crown-ether-like multiple recognition sites.
abstract: The self-assembly of gondola-shaped tetrarhenium metallacyclophanes was achieved in near quantitative yield from Re(CO)3 corners, a ditopic heterocyclic clip, and a bischelating-bridging unit using an orthogonal-bonding approach. The highly luminescent metallacycles contain crown-ether-like recognition sites, which are capable of selectively recognizing metal ions and planar aromatic molecules.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Malaichamy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sathiyendiran
authors.forename: Rong-Tang
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thanasekaran
authors.forename: Tzuoo-Tsair
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Venkataramanan
authors.forename: Gene-Hsiang
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Shie-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Kuang-Lieh
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002412:Cations; D043844:Crown Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D049408:Luminescent Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012211:Rhenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D043844:Crown Ethers; D008024:Ligands; D049408:Luminescent Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012211:Rhenium; D002248:Carbon Monoxide