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Bis‐Calix[4]arenes: From Ligand Design to the Directed Assembly of a Metal–Organic Trigonal Antiprism |
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| Authors: | Marco Coletta Dr Ross McLellan Paul Murphy Bernhard T Leube Dr Sergio Sanz Rob Clowes Dr Kevin J Gagnon Dr Simon J Teat Prof Andrew I Cooper Prof Martin J Paterson Prof Euan K Brechin Dr Scott J Dalgarno |
| Institution: | 1. Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot–Watt University, Edinburgh, UK;2. EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;3. Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK;4. Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA |
| Abstract: | Calix4]arenes (C4]s) are versatile platforms for the construction of polymetallic clusters containing paramagnetic metal ions. Synthetic modification at the C4] methylene bridge allows for the design of bis‐C4]s that, depending on the linker employed, can be used to either dictate which clusters can be formed or direct the assembly of a new metal–organic polyhedron (MOP). The assembly resulting from the latter approach displays thermal stability and uptake of N2 or H2 gas, confirming that this is a viable route to the synthesis of new, functional supramolecular architectures. |
| Keywords: | calixarenes clusters directed assembly gas storage metal-organic polyhedron |