Metal–Organic Proximity in a Synthetic Pocket

Abstract

Proximity between a noninteractive organic substrate and a transition metal (trans-MCl2(PEt3)2; M = Pd or Pt) is achieved by their co-encapsulation within a synthetic cage, as revealed by X-ray crystallographic analysis and NOESY experiments. Through co-encapsulation with a Pd(II) complex, a terminal alkyne was activated within the cage to give a σ-alkynylpalladium complex.

Lanthanide coordination polymers with pyridyl-N-oxide or carboxylate functionalised host ligands

“…1,2 Discrete coordination cages and infinite coordination networks of increasing complexity have been prepared utilising the selfassembly of multifunctional ligands and metal cations , [3][4][5] and their applications range from catalysis [6][7][8][9][10] to sophisticated guest incarceration. [11][12][13] The study of sterically and interactionally similar ligand sets has garnered much interest due to their ability to selectively form homo-and heteroleptic complexes, allowing the formation of structures ordinarily inaccessible with a single ligand system.…”

Tuning the coordination chemistry of cyclotriveratrylene ligand pairs through alkyl chain aggregation

“…1,2 Discrete coordination cages and infinite coordination networks of increasing complexity have been prepared utilising the self-assembly of multifunctional ligands and metal cations, [3][4][5] and their applications range from catalysis [6][7][8][9][10] to sophisticated guest incarceration.…”

Heterometallic transition metal clusters and cluster-supported coordination polymers derived from Tp- and Tp*-based Mo(W) sulfido precursors

“…The cage compounds, extensively studied in the last few decades by Fujita, Raymond, Nitschke and others [115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126], are a fascinating class of discrete molecular entities capable of altering molecular behavior within the confined space, and termed as 'molecular flasks' by Fujita [127]. The geometrical advantage of Tp and Tp* along with MS 3 Cu 3 (M = Mo, W) in favoring tetrahedral cages may allow us to approach other cage compounds with relative ease.…”