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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Supramolecular assembly of carbohydrate-functionalized salphen-metal complexes
Joseph K-H Hui1, Zhen Yu, Tissaphern Mirfakhrai
1Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Abstract:
Metallosalphen complexes with peripheral glucose and galactose substituents were synthesized and characterized. Their self-assembled supramolecular structures were then studied with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It was found that all of the complexes displayed aggregation in the solid-state. Zinc-salphen complexes showed a remarkably homogeneous helical nanofibrillar morphology, whereas the other metal complexes only displayed micron-sized clusters.
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