Coordination of Alkaline Earth Metal Ions in the Inverted Cucurbit[7]uril Supramolecular Assemblies Formed in the Presence of [ZnCl4]2− and [CdCl4]2− |
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| Authors: | Qing Li Yun‐Qian Zhang Qian‐Jiang Zhu Sai‐Feng Xue Zhu Tao Prof?Dr Xin Xiao |
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| Affiliation: | Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry of Guizhou Province, Department of Chemistry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025 (China) |
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| Abstract: | A convenient method to isolate inverted cucurbit7]uril (iQ7]) from a mixture of water‐soluble Qn]s was established by eluting the soluble mixture of Qn]s on a Dowex (H+ form) column so that iQ7] could be selected as a ligand for coordination and supramolecular assembly with alkaline earth cations (AE2+) in aqueous HCl solutions in the presence of ZnCl4]2? and CdCl4]2? anions as structure‐directing agents. Single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis revealed that both iQ7]–AE2+–ZnCl4]2?–HCl and iQ7]–AE2+–CdCl4]2?–HCl interaction systems yielded supramolecular assemblies, in which the ZnCl4]2? and CdCl4]2? anions presented a honeycomb effect, and this resulted in the formation of linear iQ7]/AE2+ coordination polymers through outer‐surface interactions of Qn]s. |
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| Keywords: | alkaline earth metals coordination modes inverted cucurbiturils outer‐surface interaction supramolecular chemistry |
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