Coordination-assembly of a redox-active Pd6L3 cage for aerobic C(sp3)–H bond photooxidation of aromatic cyclic ethers

Yu-Hang Hu; Fan Yin; Shun-Xing Hong; Li-Peng Zhou; Ke-Han Tang; Ying-Mei Zhong; Chen-Chen Li; Li-Xuan Cai; Qing-Fu Sun

doi:10.1039/D5CC01997D

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Coordination-assembly of a redox-active Pd₆L₃ cage for aerobic C(sp³)–H bond photooxidation of aromatic cyclic ethers†

Yu-Hang Hu,^ab Fan Yin,^bc Shun-Xing Hong,^ab Li-Peng Zhou,

^bc Ke-Han Tang,^b Ying-Mei Zhong,^bc Chen-Chen Li,^bc Li-Xuan Cai

*^abc and Qing-Fu Sun

*^abc

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^a College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, P. R. China

^b State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, P. R. China
E-mail: lxcai@fjirsm.ac.cn, qfsun@fjirsm.ac.cn

^c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Abstract

A redox-active Pd₆L₃ cage with a large lantern-shaped cavity has been synthesized and characterised by NMR, ESI-TOF-MS and X-ray diffraction analysis, which shows exceptional catalytic activity in the selective aerobic C–H photooxidation of aromatic cyclic ethers under mild conditions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01997D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 09 Apr 2025
Accepted: 25 Apr 2025
First published: 25 Apr 2025

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Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Coordination-assembly of a redox-active Pd₆L₃ cage for aerobic C(sp³)–H bond photooxidation of aromatic cyclic ethers

Y. Hu, F. Yin, S. Hong, L. Zhou, K. Tang, Y. Zhong, C. Li, L. Cai and Q. Sun, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01997D

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