Three‐Component Self‐Assembly of a Series of Triply Interlocked Pd12 Coordination Prisms and Their Non‐Interlocked Pd6 Analogues |
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| Authors: | Arun Kumar Bar Dr. Srinivasarao Raghothama Dr. Dohyun Moon Prof. Partha Sarathi Mukherjee |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institution of Science, Bangalore 560 012 (India), Fax: (+91)?8023601552;2. NMR Research Centre, Indian Institution of Science, Bangalore 560 012 (India);3. Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbook‐790784 (Korea) |
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| Abstract: | Template‐assisted formation of multicomponent Pd6 coordination prisms and formation of their self‐templated triply interlocked Pd12 analogues in the absence of an external template have been established in a single step through Pd? N/Pd? O coordination. Treatment of cis‐[Pd(en)(NO3)2] with K3tma and linear pillar 4,4′‐bpy (en=ethylenediamine, H3tma=benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxylic acid, 4,4′‐bpy=4,4′‐bipyridine) gave intercalated coordination cage [{Pd(en)}6(bpy)3(tma)2]2[NO3]12 ( 1 ) exclusively, whereas the same reaction in the presence of H3tma as an aromatic guest gave a H3tma‐encapsulating non‐interlocked discrete Pd6 molecular prism [{Pd(en)}6(bpy)3(tma)2(H3tma)2][NO3]6 ( 2 ). Though the same reaction using cis‐[Pd(NO3)2(pn)] (pn=propane‐1,2‐diamine) instead of cis‐[Pd(en)(NO3)2] gave triply interlocked coordination cage [{Pd(pn)}6(bpy)3(tma)2]2[NO3]12 ( 3 ) along with non‐interlocked Pd6 analogue [{Pd(pn)}6(bpy)3(tma)2](NO3)6 ( 3′ ), and the presence of H3tma as a guest gave H3tma‐encapsulating molecular prism [{Pd(pn)}6(bpy)3(tma)2(H3tma)2][NO3]6 ( 4 ) exclusively. In solution, the amount of 3′ decreases as the temperature is decreased, and in the solid state 3 is the sole product. Notably, an analogous reaction using the relatively short pillar pz (pz=pyrazine) instead of 4,4′‐bpy gave triply interlocked coordination cage [{Pd(pn)}6(pz)3(tma)2]2[NO3]12 ( 5 ) as the single product. Interestingly, the same reaction using slightly more bulky cis‐[Pd(NO3)2(tmen)] (tmen=N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethylethylene diamine) instead of cis‐[Pd(NO3)2(pn)] gave non‐interlocked [{Pd(tmen)}6(pz)3(tma)2][NO3]6 ( 6 ) exclusively. Complexes 1 , 3 , and 5 represent the first examples of template‐free triply interlocked molecular prisms obtained through multicomponent self‐assembly. Formation of the complexes was supported by IR and multinuclear NMR (1H and 13C) spectroscopy. Formation of guest‐encapsulating complexes ( 2 and 4 ) was confirmed by 2D DOSY and ROESY NMR spectroscopic analyses, whereas for complexes 1 , 3 , 5 , and 6 single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction techniques unambiguously confirmed their formation. The gross geometries of H3tma‐encapsulating complexes 2 and 4 were obtained by universal force field (UFF) simulations. |
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| Keywords: | cage compounds host– guest systems metal– ligand coordination prisms self‐assembly |
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