A Molecular "A-Type" Tangled Metallocube

Li-Li Ma; Yang Li; Xin Li; Le Zhang; Li-Ying Sun; Ying-Feng Han

doi:10.1002/anie.202208376

A Molecular "A-Type" Tangled Metallocube

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2022 Aug 26;61(35):e202208376. doi: 10.1002/anie.202208376. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

Authors

Li-Li Ma¹, Yang Li¹, Xin Li¹, Le Zhang¹, Li-Ying Sun¹, Ying-Feng Han¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.

PMID: 35796291
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208376

Abstract

Tangled cubes feature the topology of typical Platonic cubes, with their "faces" traversed by edges in different ways. This study generates an "A-type" tangled metallocube from the reaction of binuclear gold-NHC complex and H₂ S. The tangled cube topology was validated by multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, high-resolution electrospray-ionization (HR-ESI) mass spectrometry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. This study offers a simple and effective approach to designing and fabricating new, topologically unique molecular structures.

Keywords: Gold(I)-Sulfido Cluster; Helicate Cages; Metallosupramolecular Architecture; N-Heterocyclic Carbenes; Tangled Metallocube.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Crystallography, X-Ray
Gold* / chemistry
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Molecular Structure
Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization*

Substances

Gold