Self-assembly of a symmetric tetracopper box-grid with guest trapping in the solid state

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Paul N. W. Baxter, Jean-Marie Lehn, Paul N. W. Baxter, Boris O. Kneisel and Dieter Fenske


Abstract

Reaction of ligand 2 with CuI ions leads to the self-assembly of the distorted [2 × 2] grid complex 1 of box-like shape, featuring a well defined cavity and trapping of guest molecules.


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