title: Self-promoted post-synthetic modification of metal-ligand M(2)L(3) mesocates.
abstract: Reactive alcohol functionality has been incorporated into a self-assembled M2L3 mesocate. Post-synthetic modification of this complex with suitable isocyanates is not only possible, but is self-catalyzed by multiple internal hydrogen bonds from the self-assembly. As the metal-ligand coordination is reversible at elevated temperature, the isomeric distribution of product changes upon reaction, due to the different steric bulk conferred on the assembly after the modification.
authors.affiliation: University of California Riverside, Department of Chemistry Riverside, CA 92521, USA. richard.hooley@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Amber M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hooley