title: Bis-Calix[4]arenes: From Ligand Design to the Directed Assembly of a Metal-Organic Trigonal Antiprism.
abstract: Calix[4]arenes (C[4]s) are versatile platforms for the construction of polymetallic clusters containing paramagnetic metal ions. Synthetic modification at the C[4] methylene bridge allows for the design of bis-C[4]s that, depending on the linker employed, can be used to either dictate which clusters can be formed or direct the assembly of a new metal-organic polyhedron (MOP). The assembly resulting from the latter approach displays thermal stability and uptake of N2 or H2 gas, confirming that this is a viable route to the synthesis of new, functional supramolecular architectures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coletta
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
authors.forename: Bernhard T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Leube
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clowes
authors.affiliation: Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 947240, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.affiliation: Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 947240, USA.
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Teat
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK. E.Brechin@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Euan K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Brechin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK. S.J.Dalgarno@hw.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Scott J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Dalgarno
keywords: calixarenes; clusters; directed assembly; gas storage; metal-organic polyhedron