title: A highly modular and convergent approach for the synthesis of stimulant-responsive heteroligated cofacial porphyrin tweezer complexes.
abstract: The synthesis of new hemilabile phosphine ligands and their reaction with [Rh(COE)2Cl]2 to form dissymmetric heteroligated tweezer complexes using a halide-induced ligand rearrangement reaction are reported. These complexes can undergo reactions with small-molecule ligands and elemental anions quantitatively in situ, which serve to regulate the porphyrin-porphyrin distances and interactions within the assembly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Oliveri
authors.forename: Sonbinh T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Chad A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mirkin