Tuning the chaotropic effect as an assembly motif through one-electron transfer in a rhenium cluster

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Aug 28;55(67):9951-9954. doi: 10.1039/c9cc05136h. Epub 2019 Jul 30.

Abstract

We report how only one electron transfer from the hydrophilic reduced cluster [{Re6Se8}(CN)6]4- induces both a dramatic increase of the host-guest affinity with γ-cyclodextrin and a drastic alteration of the supramolecular dynamics. This striking behaviour, underlined by its thermochemical fingerprint, indicates that the self-assembly process is driven by a chaotropic effect.