Cages with tetrahedron-like topology formed from the combination of cyclotricatechylene ligands with metal cations.
Cage the elephant: anionic tetrahedral assemblies, formed from the combination of cyclotricatechylene anions with transition metal ions, such as vanadium, contain large internal cavities that can act as hosts for alkali metal ions and solvent molecules. With appropriate metal centers, the anionic units can be linked together to form highly symmetric coordination polymers (V blue, O red, C black).
School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. bfa@unimelb.edu.au
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