Tunable cavities for host-guest chemistry
Using 0° and 60° acceptor units, coordination-driven self-assembly precisely constructs rectangular and triangular crown ether-functionalized Pt metallacycles with tunable cavities for supramolecular host-guest chemistry.
Zhang, Zibin · Yu, Yao · He, Lang · Hong, Tao · Li, Shijun · Huang, Feihe · Stang, Peter J.
Chinese Chemical Letters 2023
Two metallacycles: a [2+2] rectangle and a [3+3] triangle