Self assembly of a diphenanthrolinylpyrene-bridged Cu^I trimer

Abstract

The ligand 1,8-di(1,10-phenanthrolin-2-yl)pyrene has been prepared and complexed with Cu^I such that three ligands bridge a triangular arrangement of three metals resulting in a symmetrical helical assembly with each pyrene layered between two phenanthrolines at optimum π-stacking distance.

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