Designing narcissistic self-sorting terpyridine moieties with high coordination selectivity for complex metallo-supramolecules

Jianjun Ma; Tong Lu; Xiaozheng Duan; Yaping Xu; Zhikai Li; Kehuan Li; Junjuan Shi; Qixia Bai; Zhe Zhang; Xin-Qi Hao; Zhi Chen; Pingshan Wang; Ming Wang

doi:10.1038/s42004-021-00577-0

Communications Chemistry (Sep 2021)

Designing narcissistic self-sorting terpyridine moieties with high coordination selectivity for complex metallo-supramolecules

Jianjun Ma,
Tong Lu,
Xiaozheng Duan,
Yaping Xu,
Zhikai Li,
Kehuan Li,
Junjuan Shi,
Qixia Bai,
Zhe Zhang,
Xin-Qi Hao,
Zhi Chen,
Pingshan Wang,
Ming Wang

Affiliations

Jianjun Ma: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Tong Lu: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Xiaozheng Duan: State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaping Xu: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Zhikai Li: College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University
Kehuan Li: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Junjuan Shi: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Qixia Bai: Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area; Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education; Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials; Guangzhou University
Zhe Zhang: Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area; Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education; Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials; Guangzhou University
Xin-Qi Hao: Green Catalysis Center, Henan Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University
Zhi Chen: College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University
Pingshan Wang: Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area; Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education; Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials; Guangzhou University
Ming Wang: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00577-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Coordination-driven self-assembly presents a key challenge of selectively targeting desired products. Here terpy-Zn complexes assemble head-to-tail, providing selective access to metallo-macrocycles

Published in Communications Chemistry

ISSN: 2399-3669 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
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