Self-assembled supramolecular cages containing ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Mar 14;51(21):4465-8. doi: 10.1039/c4cc10292d.

Abstract

Substitution-inert, redox- and photo-active ruthenium(II) complexes based on 2,2',6',2''-terpyridine ligands were self-assembled into discrete supramolecular cages via coordination to palladium(II) centres and characterised by NMR, ESI-MS and X-ray crystallography.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Coordination Complexes / chemical synthesis
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Ruthenium / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Ruthenium