Template-free multicomponent coordination-driven self-assembly of Pd(II)/Pt(II) molecular cages.
Recent years have seen a tremendous increase in the interest for constructing hollowed-out molecular frameworks, for their potential uses. Metal-ligand coordination-driven self-assembly has provided multitudes of opportunities in the formation of molecular architectures of desired shapes and sizes, with the help of the information already coded in the components. This article summarizes the recent developments in the construction of multicomponent molecular cages through this process, with a focus on the decreasing relevance of templates, and use of these systems in catalysis/host-guest chemistry.
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India. psm@ipc.iisc.ernet.in.
Sandip
S
Mukherjee
Partha Sarathi
PS
Mukherjee
D002384:Catalysis; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
D056831:Coordination Complexes; D010984:Platinum; D010165:Palladium