title: Tuning the size of a redox-active tetrathiafulvalene-based self-assembled ring.
abstract: The synthesis of a new Pd coordination-driven self-assembled ring M6L3 constructed from a concave tetrapyridyl π-extended tetrathiafulvalene ligand (exTTF) is described. The same ligand is also able to self-assemble in a M4L2 mode as previously described. Herein, we demonstrate that the bulkiness of the ancillary groups in the Pd complex allows for modulating the size and the shape of the resulting discrete self-assembly, which therefore incorporate two (M4L2) or three (M6L3) electroactive exTTF sidewalls.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou, Université d'Angers, UMR CNRS 6200, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France. , Tel: 0033241735405.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bivaud
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou, Université d'Angers, UMR CNRS 6200, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France. , Tel: 0033241735405.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goeb
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou, Université d'Angers, UMR CNRS 6200, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France. , Tel: 0033241735405.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Croué
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou, Université d'Angers, UMR CNRS 6200, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France. , Tel: 0033241735405.
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allain
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou, Université d'Angers, UMR CNRS 6200, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France. , Tel: 0033241735405.
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou, Université d'Angers, UMR CNRS 6200, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France. , Tel: 0033241735405.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sallé
keywords: coordination; metal-driven; redox; self-assembly; tetrathiafulvalene