Coordination sphere interactions drive isomer selection in heteroleptic Pd( <scp>ii</scp> ) cages with low-symmetry ligands
Paulina Molinska, Louise Male, James E. M. Lewis
Abstract
-isomers (up to 76%) was achieved simply through minor structural changes (swapping a hydrogen atom for a fluorine) or changing the location of heterocycles within the cage structure between the different ligand scaffolds. Furthermore, the selective (up to ∼62%) assembly of particular isomers of heteroleptic cages formed from two low-symmetry ligand scaffolds was demonstrated and rationalised.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCoordination sphereLigand (biochemistry)Coordination complexComplementarity (molecular biology)BespokeStereochemistryHydrogen bondAtom (system on chip)Coordination numberCoordination polymerCrystallographyNanotechnologyHydrogen atomStructural isomerCombinatorial chemistryComputational chemistryDissociation (chemistry)Supramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMagnetism in coordination complexes