Directed Assembly of Transition-Metal-Coordinated Molecular Loops and Squares from Salen-Type Components. Examples of Metalation-Controlled Structural Conversion
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Abstract
A series of transition-metal-containing molecular "loops" and "squares" has been prepared via a directed-assembly approach and characterized. The molecular loops were prepared from the reaction of cis-(PEt(3))(2)Pt(OTf)(2) with bis(4-pyridyl)-functionalized free-base salen-type ligands. Zn(II)-metalation of the salen-type ligands in the molecular loops converts the loops to molecular squares. Alternatively, the squares can be obtained by the directed assembly of cis-(PEt(3))(2)Pt(OTf)(2) and bis(4-pyridyl)-functionalized Zn(II)-salen-type ligands. A concentration-dependent dynamic equilibrium between cyclic species was observed when bis(3-pyridyl)-functionalized free-base salen-type ligand was employed in the reaction. Zn(II) or Cr(III) metalation of the free-base ligand shifted the equilibrium to the single dimeric species. The incorporation of multiple reactive metal sites into a single, cavity-containing supramolecular structure points toward catalytic applications for these new assemblies.
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