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Self-assembly of nano-sized neutral metal-organic macrocycles from bis(β-diketone) ligands
Liao-Yuan Yao1, Lin Qin, Shu-Yan Yu
1Laboratory for Self-Assembly Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, PR China.
Chemistry, an Asian Journal
|September 12, 2012
Abstract:
It's hip to be square: Self-assembly of bis(β-diketone) linkers with 90° or 120° angles and square-planer-coordinated divalent copper ions gives rise to the formation of nano-sized M(4)L(4)-type neutral metal-organic supramolecular macrocycles, which show promise towards encapsulating solvent or guest molecules.

