Selective synthesis of ruthenium(II) Metalla[2]catenane via solvent and guest-dependent self-assembly

HyeWoo Lee; Palani Elumalai; Nem Singh; Hyunuk Kim; Sang Uck Lee; Ki-Whan Chi

doi:10.1021/jacs.5b02573

Selective synthesis of ruthenium(II) Metalla[2]catenane via solvent and guest-dependent self-assembly

J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Apr 15;137(14):4674-7. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b02573. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

Authors

HyeWoo Lee¹, Palani Elumalai¹, Nem Singh¹, Hyunuk Kim², Sang Uck Lee³, Ki-Whan Chi¹

Affiliations

¹ †Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea.
² ‡Energy Materials Lab, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 305-343, Republic of Korea.
³ §Department of Applied Chemistry, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 25822323
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02573

Abstract

The coordination-driven self-assembly of an anthracene-functionalized ditopic pyridyl donor and a tetracene-based dinuclear Ru(II) acceptor resulted in an interlocked metalla[2]catenane, [M2L2]2, in methanol and a corresponding monorectangle, [M2L2], in nitromethane. Subsequently, guest template, solvent, and concentration effects allowed the self-assembly to be reversibly fine-tuned among monorectangle and catenane structures.