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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Supramolecular Control of Photocycloadditions in Solution: In Situ Stereoselective Synthesis and Release of
Li-Li Ma1, Yuan-Yuan An1, Li-Ying Sun1
1Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A new class of supramolecular metallacycles capable of undergoing photochemical reactions and in situ release of cyclobutanes in solution is described. The molecular metallacycles were generated through coordination-driven self-assembly of dinuclear metal-carbene complexes as organometallic clips with olefin-functionalized bridging ligands. Photolysis of these molecular metallacycles in situ led to structural interconversion and release of the formed cyclobutane products with quantitative conversion. Further modifications of the obtained cyclobutanes provided a series of new species containing the cyclobutane skeleton.
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