title: Quantitative formation of a tetraporphyrin [2]catenane via copper and zinc coordination.
abstract: A [2]catenane is formed quantitatively by mixing substituted 1,10-phenanthroline-based chelates with copper(I) acting as central template, the ring-forming reaction being based on the coordination of pyridinic bidentate ligands onto the zinc atoms of the four porphyrins surrounding the core of the molecule.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organo-Minérale, LC3 UMR 7177 du CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Institut de Chimie, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Maryline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beyler
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Heitz
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sauvage
mesh_terms: D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000592:standards; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000737:chemistry; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012015:Reference Standards; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D011166:Porphyrins; C534499:tetraporphyrin(2)catenane; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc; C025205:1,10-phenanthroline