Oxidation triggers guest dissociation during reorganization of an FeII4L<sub>6</sub>twisted parallelogram
Alex J. Plajer, Felix J. Rizzuto, Larissa K. S. von Krbek, Yohan Gisbert, Victor Martínez‐Agramunt, Jonathan R. Nitschke
Abstract
An oxidation-triggered twist in its ferrocene ligands causes an Fe<sub>4</sub>L<sub>6</sub>parallelogram to release its guests and collapse into a high spin Fe<sub>1</sub>L<sub>1</sub>structure.
Topics & Concepts
ParallelogramFerroceneDissociation (chemistry)TwistCrystallographyChemistryMaterials scienceStereochemistryPhysicsPhysical chemistryMathematicsGeometryElectrochemistryHingeClassical mechanicsElectrodeSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMagnetism in coordination complexesMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection