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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework
Published on: April 9, 2018
Synthesis and theoretical studies of gallium complexes back-shielded by a cage-shaped framework of
Hideto Nakajima1, Makoto Yasuda, Kouji Chiba
1Department of Applied Chemistry and Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Abstract:
Cage-shaped gallium complexes with a back-shielding framework of tris(m-oxybenzyl)arene were synthesized, their bottom arene rings tuned their characteristic Lewis acidity, which was supported by theoretical calculation as well as catalytic application in a hetero Diels-Alder reaction.
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