Metal-exchangeable macrocycles: from a bismetallo-Ru2/Zn triangle to a Ru2/Fe triangular assembly

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Feb 11;52(12):2513-6. doi: 10.1039/c5cc08460a. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Abstract

Bismetallic triangles T4 (Ru2/Fe) and T5 (Ru2/Zn) were effectively prepared via a stepwise method from a 60°-bent bisterpyridne. Compared with obtaining T4 by mixing metallo-organic ligand L2 with Fe(2+) directly and refluxing at a higher temperature (85 °C), the site to site metallo-transformation from T5 to T4 was employed at RT by simply adding Fe(2+) to T5. The structures were fully confirmed by the NMR, ESI-mass, UV-vis absorption and emission spectroscopies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't