Molecular Self-Assembly with Modularization and Directionality: Vector- Manipulation at Metal Centers

Title: Molecular Self-Assembly with Modularization and Directionality: Vector- Manipulation at Metal Centers

Volume: 9 Issue: 6

Author(s): Shu-Yan Yu, Sheng-Hui Li, Hai-Ping Huang, Zhong-Xing Zhang, Qing Jiao, Hong Shen, Xi-Xue Hu and Hui Huang

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Keywords: self-assembly reaction, supramolecular chemistry, molecular array, nanotechnology, ligands, platinum(II) center, werner-type metal vector

Abstract: The account highlights an important approach to supramolecular self-assembly via “vector-manipulation at metal centers” ranging from Werner-system to Cotton-system coordination compounds. The approach has been successfully employed in the architecture of container molecules like metal analogues of the bowl-shaped calixarenes and metal-linked calixarene-based carcerands and carceplexes. The concepts of metal vector and vector-manipulation at metal centers were further interpreted based upon the stereochemistry and trans- or cis-effect of ligands in the substitution reactions at metal centers.

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Yu Shu-Yan, Li Sheng-Hui, Huang Hai-Ping, Zhang Zhong-Xing, Jiao Qing, Shen Hong, Hu Xi-Xue and Huang Hui, Molecular Self-Assembly with Modularization and Directionality: Vector- Manipulation at Metal Centers, Current Organic Chemistry 2005; 9 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272053544416