Formation of a Dimer of Trinuclear Helicates which Encapsulates an Array of Six Hydrogen‐Bonded Anions |
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| Authors: | Robert A. Faulkner Dr. Lindsay P. Harding Joshua Higginson Prof. Craig R. Rice Christopher Slater |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH (UK) |
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| Abstract: | The amine‐containing ligand L, composed of two bidentate pyridyl‐thiazole moieties linked by a 1,3‐diaminophenylene unit, reacts with copper(II) ions to form a dinuclear double helicate [Cu2L2]4+. Reaction of [Cu2L2]4+ with dihydrogen phosphate (0.5 equivalents) gives the unsaturated dinuclear double helicate [Cu2L2(OPO3H2)]3+. [Cu2L2(OPO3H2)]3+ further reacts with another 0.5 equivalents of dihydrogen phosphate to give a trinuclear circular helicate which then self‐assembles into a hexameric cluster [{Cu3L3(OPO3H2)3}]26+. |
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| Keywords: | copper cyclic helicate helical structures self‐assembly X‐ray diffraction |
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