title: Stepwise formation of organometallic macrocycles, prisms and boxes from Ir, Rh and Ru-based half-sandwich units.
abstract: Over the past decade, supramolecular compounds with organometallic Ir, Rh, Ru based half-sandwich complexes have received considerable attention as materials with a variety of potential applications. The major emphasis of this tutorial review lies on the self-assembly of such organometallic half-sandwich molecular rectangles, prisms and cages with half-sandwich corners and two different rigid bifunctional ligands using an approach of stepwise construction. Synthetic methods and the structural and functional properties of the target complexes are discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Material, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ying-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Wei-Guo
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Wei-Bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Guo-Xin
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D007495:Iridium / Q000737:chemistry*; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012211:Rhenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D007495:Iridium; D012211:Rhenium; D012428:Ruthenium