Self-assembly of a supramolecular, three-dimensional, spoked, bicycle-like wheel

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Jul 22;52(30):7728-31. doi: 10.1002/anie.201302362. Epub 2013 Jun 13.

Abstract

Where there's a wheel, there's a way: The terpyridine-based title system has been synthesized through a facile self-assembly process. Two tris(terpyridine) ligands possessing angles of either 120° or 60° between adjacent tpy units were mixed with a stoichiometric amount of Zn(2+) (2:6:12) to generate the desired coordination-driven bicycle-like wheel (90 % yield).

Keywords: N ligands; coordination modes; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry; zinc.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Coordination Complexes / metabolism
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyridines / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyridines / metabolism
  • Zinc / chemistry*
  • Zinc / metabolism

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Ligands
  • Pyridines
  • Zinc