A calix[4]resorcinarene-based giant coordination cage: controlled assembly and iodine uptake
Wen‐Yuan Pei, Jin Yang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Ying‐Wei Yang, Jian‐Fang Ma
Abstract
Construction of large multi-component coordination cages becomes much more challenging as the number of building blocks increases. A giant hexameric calix[4]resorcinarene-based coordination cage (cage-1) was successfully designed through the precise tuning of ancillary rigid tetracarboxylic acid. Significantly, cage-1 exhibited reversible uptake of volatile iodine, suggesting that it could serve as a porous material for efficient capture and separation of radioactive iodine.
Topics & Concepts
ResorcinareneCageIodineChemistryCalixareneStereochemistryOrganic chemistryMoleculeMathematicsCombinatoricsSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMagnetism in coordination complexesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications