Issue 19, 2024

Molecular guest-shuttling: transitioning from thread-based to threadless systems

Abstract

Despite extensive studies on supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs), the field of organometallic-based supramolecular entities remains relatively underexplored. The challenges in this area arise from the air-sensitivity of organometallic compounds and the limited reversibility of metal–carbon bonds. However, a recent report by Peris and co-workers describes the development of an air-stable, self-assembled, and discrete tetrairidium molecular box featuring an elongated Janus-type dicarbene ligand. This molecular box not only demonstrates versatile guest-binding properties, but also exhibits a rare type of ‘shuttle’-like sliding motion of guests within it.

Graphical abstract: Molecular guest-shuttling: transitioning from thread-based to threadless systems

Article information

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Submitted
05 Jul 2024
Accepted
06 Aug 2024
First published
07 Aug 2024

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 6213-6217

Molecular guest-shuttling: transitioning from thread-based to threadless systems

R. Das, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 6213 DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01699H

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