Sterically congested, hexameric tetrakispyridinyl-Pd(II)/Cd(II)-metallomacrocycles: self-assembly and structural characterization

Sujith Perera; Xiaopeng Li; Mingming Guo; Chrys Wesdemiotis; Charles N Moorefield; George R Newkome

doi:10.1039/c1cc10649j

Sterically congested, hexameric tetrakispyridinyl-Pd(II)/Cd(II)-metallomacrocycles: self-assembly and structural characterization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Apr 28;47(16):4658-60. doi: 10.1039/c1cc10649j. Epub 2011 Mar 17.

Authors

Sujith Perera¹, Xiaopeng Li, Mingming Guo, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Charles N Moorefield, George R Newkome

Affiliation

¹ Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4717, USA.

PMID: 21416092
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10649j

Abstract

Hexagonal Pd(II)- or Cd(II)-tetrakispyridinyl-based macrocycles are quantitatively self-assembled from 4'-(3-pyridinyl)-4,4''-di(tert-butyl)-2,2' : 6',2''-terpyridine and structurally confirmed by NMR and TWIM-MS.

MeSH terms

Cadmium / chemistry*
Macrocyclic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
Macrocyclic Compounds / chemistry
Molecular Structure
Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry
Palladium / chemistry*

Substances

Macrocyclic Compounds
Organometallic Compounds
Cadmium
Palladium