Octapi interactions: self-assembly of a Pd-based [2]catenane driven by eightfold pi interactions

Jinzhen Lu; David R Turner; Lindsay P Harding; Lindsay T Byrne; Murray V Baker; Stuart R Batten

doi:10.1021/ja9041912

Octapi interactions: self-assembly of a Pd-based [2]catenane driven by eightfold pi interactions

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Aug 5;131(30):10372-3. doi: 10.1021/ja9041912.

Authors

Jinzhen Lu¹, David R Turner, Lindsay P Harding, Lindsay T Byrne, Murray V Baker, Stuart R Batten

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.

PMID: 19722615
DOI: 10.1021/ja9041912

Abstract

An unprecedented 2.5 nm array of pi interactions between eight aromatic rings drives the formation of a [2]catenane. Disruption of this array through the use of longer ligands results in the formation of only single, uncatenated rings. The catenated complex is shown to persist in solution alongside its constituent metallomacrocycles.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Anthracenes / chemical synthesis
Anthracenes / chemistry*
Macrocyclic Compounds / chemistry
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Palladium / chemistry*

Substances

Anthracenes
Macrocyclic Compounds
catenane
Palladium