Construction of a highly symmetric nanosphere via a one-pot reaction of a tristerpyridine ligand with Ru(II).
A three-dimensional, highly symmetric, terpyridine-based, spherical complex was synthesized via the coordination of four novel, trisdentate ligands and six Ru(2+) ions, and it exhibits excellent stability over a wide range of pH values (1-14). Structural confirmation was obtained by NMR and ESI-TWIM-MS.
Department of Polymer Science and ‡Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States.
Ting-Zheng
TZ
Xie
Sheng-Yun
SY
Liao
Kai
K
Guo
Xiaocun
X
Lu
Xuehui
X
Dong
Mingjun
M
Huang
Charles N
CN
Moorefield
Stephen Z D
SZ
Cheng
Xin
X
Liu
Chrys
C
Wesdemiotis
George R
GR
Newkome