Confinement of a Au–N-heterocyclic carbene in a Pd6L12 metal–organic cage

Lihua Zeng; Shujian Sun; Zhang-Wen Wei; Yu Xin; Liping Liu; Jianyong Zhang

doi:10.1039/D0RA07509D

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Confinement of a Au–N-heterocyclic carbene in a Pd₆L₁₂ metal–organic cage†

Lihua Zeng,‡^a Shujian Sun,‡^a Zhang-Wen Wei,

^a Yu Xin,^a Liping Liu^a and Jianyong Zhang

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^a MOE Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
E-mail: zhjyong@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract

A Au(I)–N-heterocyclic-carbene (NHC)-edged Pd₆L₁₂ molecular metal–organic cage is assembled from a Au(I)–NHC-based bipyridyl bent ligand and Pd²⁺. The octahedral cage structure is unambiguously established by NMR, electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry and single crystal X-ray crystallography. The electrochemical behaviour was analyzed by cyclic voltammetry. The octahedral cage has a central cavity for guest binding, and is capable of encapsulating PF₆⁻ and BF₄⁻ anions within the cavity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA07509D
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 01 Sep 2020
Accepted: 19 Oct 2020
First published: 27 Oct 2020
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RSC Adv., 2020,10, 39323-39327

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Confinement of a Au–N-heterocyclic carbene in a Pd₆L₁₂ metal–organic cage

L. Zeng, S. Sun, Z. Wei, Y. Xin, L. Liu and J. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 39323 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07509D

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