Tetrahedral metal-organic cages with cube-like cavities for selective encapsulation of fullerene guests and their spin-crossover properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Nov 6;54(89):12646-12649. doi: 10.1039/c8cc06652c.

Abstract

Tetrahedral FeII4L6 coordination cages containing organic linkers with rigid π-electron aromatic rings and flexible alkyl units were constructed. Interestingly, these tetrahedral cages have rare cube-like cavities for selective encapsulation of fullerene guests. In addition, the solid state spin-crossover properties were influenced by guest binding of fullerene C60.