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“Eggs in egg cartons”: co-crystallization to embed molecular cages into crystalline lattices |
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| Authors: | Yuya Domoto Masahiro Abe Kidai Yamamoto Takashi Kikuchi Makoto Fujita |
| Institution: | Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan.; Rigaku Corporation, 3-9-12 Matsubara-cho, Akishima-shi Tokyo 196-8666 Japan ; Division of Advanced Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki-shi Aichi 444-8787 Japan |
| Abstract: | Discrete (M3L2)n cages assembled from a tripodal ligand (L) and metal ions (M: Cu(i) or Ag(i)) are embedded in networked coordination hosts formed by partial dissociation of the same discrete cages during the crystallization process. The resulting “eggs-in-an-egg-carton” structures provide unique examples of the co-crystallization of discrete and infinite coordination frameworks.Discrete coordination cages were connected into the infinite lattices via shape-complementary co-crystallization with networked coordination hosts in the “eggs-in-an-egg-carton” styles. |
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