Multidentate carborane-containing Lewis acids and their chemistry: mercuracarborands |
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Authors: | Timothy J. Wedge and M. Frederick Hawthorne |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA |
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Abstract: | Macrocyclic Lewis acidic hosts with structures incorporating electron-withdrawing icosahedral carboranes and electrophilic mercury centers bind a variety of electron-rich guests. These compounds, the so-called mercuracarborands, are synthesized by a kinetic halide ion template effect that affords tetrameric cycles or in the absence of halide ion templates, cyclic trimers. Both types of mercuracarborands form stable host–guest complexes with anionic and neutral electron-rich molecules. The multidentate structure of mercuracarborand hosts has made these unique molecules ideal for catalytic and ion-sensing applications as well as for the assembly of supramolecular architectures. |
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Keywords: | Anion complexation Carboranes Lewis acid Macrocycle Supramolecular assembly Template effect |
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