Issue 9, 2024

Self-assembly of conformation-adaptive dihydrophenazine-based coordination cages

Abstract

In this study, we designed and synthesized three conformation-adaptive Pd2L4- and Pd3L6-type coordination cages based on three dihydrophenazine-based ligands with different lengths. Interestingly, the shorter ligands L1 and L2 self-assembled into Pd2L4-type coordination cages while the longer ligand L3 formed Pd3L6-type one, mainly driven by the anion template effect. All coordination cages were confirmed through single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and their structural conformations underwent great changes compared with those of their corresponding ligands. Moreover, the conformational changes also significantly affected their photophysical and electrochemical properties which were distinct from their parent ligands.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of conformation-adaptive dihydrophenazine-based coordination cages

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 9 2023
Accepted
11 12 2023
First published
22 12 2023

Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 1184-1187

Self-assembly of conformation-adaptive dihydrophenazine-based coordination cages

M. Wu, Q. Hong, M. Li, W. Jiang, B. Huang, S. Lu, H. Wang, H. Yang, X. Zhao and X. Shi, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 1184 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC04864K

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