Selective Assembly and Disassembly of a Water-Soluble Fe10L15 Prism

Survival of the fittest: Two water‐soluble metal–organic architectures, a tetrahedron and a pentagonal prism, were selectively assembled from the same building blocks under different reaction conditions. In a mixture of the two, the prism was disassembled upon addition of 4‐methoxyaniline to form a...

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Published in:Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) 2013-04, Vol.52 (18), p.4837-4840
Main Authors: Zarra, Salvatore, Clegg, Jack K., Nitschke, Jonathan R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
isomers
metal-organic complexes
self-assembly
structure elucidation
supramolecular chemistry
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Summary:Survival of the fittest: Two water‐soluble metal–organic architectures, a tetrahedron and a pentagonal prism, were selectively assembled from the same building blocks under different reaction conditions. In a mixture of the two, the prism was disassembled upon addition of 4‐methoxyaniline to form a mononuclear complex, while leaving the more stable tetrahedral structure intact.
ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.201209694