Heteroleptic Tripalladium(II) Cages
James A. Findlay, Komal M. Patil, Michael G. Gardiner, Hugo MacDermott-Opeskin, Megan L. O’Mara, Paul E. Kruger, Dan Preston
Abstract
Abstract There is a concerted attempt to develop self‐assembled metallo‐cages of greater structural complexity, and heteroleptic Pd II cages are emerging as prime candidates in these efforts. Most of these are dinuclear: few examples of higher nuclearity have been reported. We demonstrate here a robust method for the formation of tripalladium(II) cages from the 2 : 3 : 3 combination of a tritopic ligand, Pd II , and a selection of ditopic ligands of the correct size and geometry.
Topics & Concepts
Ligand (biochemistry)Prime (order theory)ChemistrySelection (genetic algorithm)CrystallographyCombinatorial chemistryStereochemistryComputer scienceMathematicsReceptorCombinatoricsBiochemistryArtificial intelligenceSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMagnetism in coordination complexesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry