Stimuli-responsive metal-directed self-assembly of a ring-in-ring complex.
Concentration, temperature and/or solvent polarity control the speciation on the metal-directed self-assembly of a ditopic pyridyl ligand L with cis-protected Pd(ii) metal centers. This results into a controllable dynamic system, involving a [Pd2L2](6+) metallacycle and a [Pd4L4](12+) ring-in-ring complex.
Departamento de Química Fundamental and Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain. carlos.peinador@udc.es marcos.garcia1@udc.es.
Cristina
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Alvariño
Carlos
C
Platas-Iglesias
Víctor
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Blanco
Marcos D
MD
García
Carlos
C
Peinador
José M
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