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Facet-to-facet Linking of Shape-anisotropic Colloidal Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanostructures
Published on: August 10, 2017
Post-synthetic modifications of cadmium-based knots and links
Thirumurugan Prakasam1, Rana A Bilbeisi1, Matteo Lusi2
1New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Experimental Research Building (C1), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ali.trabolsi@nyu.edu.
Abstract:
Three topologically non-trivial cadmium(ii)-based complexes-Cd-[2]C, Cd-TK and Cd-SL-were simultaneously self-assembled in a dynamic library, individually isolated and fully characterized using solid-state, gas-phase and solution-phase techniques. Post-synthetic modifications, including reduction and transmetalation, were subsequently achieved. Imine bond reduction followed by demetallation led to the isolation of the corresponding organic molecules [2]C, TK and SL. Transmetalation of Cd-TK and Cd-SL with the zinc(ii) cation resulted in isolation of the corresponding zinc(ii)-containing complexes Zn-TK and Zn-SL.
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