Coordination-driven self-assembly of truncated tetrahedra capable of encapsulating 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene.
The design and synthesis of coordinative truncated tetrahedra is described. The coordination-driven self-assembly of a truncated tetrahedron was achieved using 90° organoplatinum acceptors and a hexapyridyl ligand with six-fold symmetry under mild conditions. This tetrahedron can act as a host toward 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene. The truncated tetrahedral structures and the host-guest complex were identified using multinuclear ((31)P and (1)H) NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, and pulsed-field-gradient spin-echo NMR, along with computational simulations.
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Yao-Rong
YR
Zheng
Zhigang
Z
Zhao
Hyunuk
H
Kim
Ming
M
Wang
Koushik
K
Ghosh
J Bryant
JB
Pollock
Ki-Whan
KW
Chi
Peter J
PJ
Stang
D003198:Computer Simulation; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013730:Terphenyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D056831:Coordination Complexes; D013730:Terphenyl Compounds