Self-Assembly of a Ti<sub>4</sub>(embonate)<sub>6</sub> Cage toward Silver
Guang‐Hui Chen, De‐Jing Li, Yan‐Ping He, Shu‐Hua Zhang, Fu‐Pei Liang, Jian Zhang
Abstract
Herein we report a variety of supramolecular architectures that are self-assembled by the highly charged anionic Ti4L6 (L = embonate) cages and noble-metal Ag+ ions in the presence of the different ligands, including six Ti4L6–Ag(PPh3) cages in whose structures the Ti4L6 cage catches various in situ formed [Ag(PPh3)]+ moieties by a coordination bond and one cocrystal superstructure of a Ti4L6 cage with an in situ generated [Ag2(Ph2P(CH2)5PPh2)3]2+ cage via supramolecular interactions. In addition, the third-order nonlinear-optical properties of these compounds are investigated in detail.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCageCrystallographyNanotechnologyStereochemistryCombinatoricsMathematicsMaterials scienceSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesBoron Compounds in ChemistrySupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials