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The Synthesis of New 60° Organometallic Subunits and Self-Assembly of Three-Dimensional M3L2 Trigonal-Bipyramidal Cages
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posted on 2006-12-08, 00:00 authored by Hai-Bo Yang, Koushik Ghosh, Atta M. Arif, Peter J. StangBy employing the coupling reaction of trans-PtI2(Et3)2 with C−H bonds in alkynes as the key step, two
new 60° organometallic subunits with different size from 3,6-dibromophenanthrene were prepared in
reasonable yields. The X-ray structures of both di-Pt(II) diiodide complexes showed that they were indeed
suitable candidates for 60° building units. By utilizing these novel linkers as ditopic acceptor subunits,
three M3L2 trigonal-bipyramidal (TBP) cages were formed. All three TBP cages were characterized with
multinuclear NMR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) along with element analysis.