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Area of Science:

  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Self-sorting of shape-complementary ligands with Pd(II) cations forms heteroleptic cages.
  • Diversification of these assemblies is crucial for exploring new structural possibilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of covalent backbone bridges on ligand L^A.
  • To explore how linker flexibility and solvent/guest effects influence the resulting metallo-supramolecular assemblies.
  • To demonstrate control over structural differentiation and complexity in self-assembled cages.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of modified bis-monodentate ligands (L^A) with varying backbone bridges.
  • Self-assembly reactions with Pd(II) cations and complementary ligands (L^B) in different solvents.
  • Structural characterization of the resulting metallo-supramolecular cages using X-ray crystallography.

Main Results:

  • Introduction of flexible linkers in L^A led to a tetranuclear dimer (D1) in acetonitrile and a trinuclear pseudo-tetrahedron (T1) in DMSO.
  • A rigid linker in L^A resulted in a dimer (D2) with a rotated ligand arrangement.
  • An anionic guest induced transformation of dimer D2 into a hexanuclear prismatic barrel (P2).

Conclusions:

  • Covalent backbone modification of ligands offers a powerful strategy to control metallo-supramolecular assembly.
  • Ligand coordination mode, linker flexibility, solvent, and guest interactions are key factors in directing the formation of diverse cage structures.
  • This work expands the complexity and tunability of metallo-supramolecular cages for potential applications.