Abstract
Metallosupramolecular chemistry relies on self-assembly processes in which complicated species form through labile dative-covalent interactions. Two remarkable areas of this chemistry are the synthesis of topologically complicated threaded assemblies and of three-dimensional (3D) polyhedral assemblies. Very few polyhedral 3D metallosupramolecular assemblies show threaded motifs within them. Here we report an example of a new type of threaded 3D metallosupramolecular assembly built from four organic ligands and four palladium ions, a Pd 4 L 4 so-called Solomon's cube in which interweaving and twisting of the ligands form both Solomon's links and figure-of-eight ring motifs. In the solid state, six of these Pd 4 L 4 tetramers assemble into a hollow spheroid that closely resembles a stellated truncated hexahedron. © 2009 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 212-216 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Nature Chemistry |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
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CCDC 710515: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Ronson, T. K. (Contributor), Fisher, J. (Contributor), Harding, L. P. (Contributor), Rizkallah, P. J. (Contributor), Warren, J. (Contributor) & Hardie, M. J. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 1 Jan 2010
DOI: 10.5517/ccrvbvr, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccrvbvr&sid=DataCite
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