Multicomponent self-assembly of a nested Co24 @Co48 metal-organic polyhedral framework

Shou-Tian Zheng; Tao Wu; Burcin Irfanoglu; Fan Zuo; Pingyun Feng; Xianhui Bu

doi:10.1002/anie.201103155

Multicomponent self-assembly of a nested Co24 @Co48 metal-organic polyhedral framework

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Aug 22;50(35):8034-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201103155. Epub 2011 Jul 14.

Authors

Shou-Tian Zheng¹, Tao Wu, Burcin Irfanoglu, Fan Zuo, Pingyun Feng, Xianhui Bu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, 90840, USA.

PMID: 21761532
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103155

Abstract

A tale of two polyhedra: two nested Archimedean metal-organic polyhedra, a rhombicuboctahedron (Co(48) cage) and a cuboctahedron (Co(24) cage), have been assembled from two types of cobalt dimers and two complementary ligands. Within the 3D covalent cubic array of outer Co(48) cages and framework lie encapsulated inner Co(24) cages that are linked into a separate "hidden" 3D framework.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cobalt / chemistry*
Dimerization
Isonicotinic Acids / chemistry
Metals / chemistry*
Organic Chemicals / chemistry*
Tricarboxylic Acids / chemistry

Substances

Isonicotinic Acids
Metals
Organic Chemicals
Tricarboxylic Acids
Cobalt
trimesic acid