Orientational self-sorting: formation of structurally defined Pd<sub>4</sub>L<sub>8</sub> and Pd<sub>6</sub>L<sub>12</sub> cages from low-symmetry dipyridyl ligands
Ru‐Jin Li, Adam W. Marcus, Farzaneh Fadaei‐Tirani, Kay Severin
Abstract
with low-symmetry dipyridyl ligands. In both cases, only one structurally defined complex was formed out of a vast pool of potential isomers.
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Symmetry (geometry)ChemistryCrystallographyPalladiumSelf-assemblyStereochemistryMathematicsCatalysisOrganic chemistryGeometrySupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry