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Amide Coupling Reaction for the Synthesis of Bispyridine-based Ligands and Their Complexation to Platinum as Dinuclear Anticancer Agents
Published on: May 28, 2014
Hierarchical Self-Assembly of an Alkynylplatinum(ll) Bzimpy-Functionalized Metallacage via Pt···Pt and π-π
Ying Zhang1, Qi-Feng Zhou2, Gui-Fei Huo2
1Department of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100050 , P. R. China.
Abstract:
A new discrete supramolecular metallacage functionalized with an alkynylplatinum(ll) 2,6-bis(benzimidazole-2'-yl)-pyridine (bzimpy) moiety has been successfully constructed via coordination-driven self-assembly. A study on the hierarchical self-assembly behavior of the obtained metallacage revealed that it displayed a solvent-induced emission switch accompanied by enhancement of the emission intensity as a result of the change in intermolecular Pt···Pt and π-π interactions. More interestingly, the metallacage has been found to spontaneously self-assemble into a transparent metallogel at room temperature without a heating-cooling process.
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