Self-assembly of nanoscopic coordination cages using a flexible tripodal amide containing linker

Partha Sarathi Mukherjee; Neeladri Das; Peter J Stang

doi:10.1021/jo049772u

Self-assembly of nanoscopic coordination cages using a flexible tripodal amide containing linker

J Org Chem. 2004 May 14;69(10):3526-9. doi: 10.1021/jo049772u.

Authors

Partha Sarathi Mukherjee¹, Neeladri Das, Peter J Stang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.

PMID: 15132565
DOI: 10.1021/jo049772u

Abstract

Flexible, nanoscopic 3D cages containing the amide functionality were prepared via coordination-driven self-assembly from palladium(II) based 90 degrees ditopic acceptor units and a tripod N,N',N''-tris(3-pyridyl)trimesic amide. Both cages were characterized by NMR ((31)P, (1)H) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. An MM2 force field simulation of one cage showed that the shape is likely pseudo trigonal bipyramidal with the diameter of the inner cavity of the cage about 1.9 nm.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Amides / chemistry*
Macromolecular Substances
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Models, Molecular
Nanotechnology*
Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

Amides
Macromolecular Substances

Grants and funding

GM-57052/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States