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Published on: September 5, 2018
Imparting structural robustness of metal-organic cages based on oxo-dimolybdenum clusters
Solène Delaporte1,2, Isabel Abánades Lázaro1, Javier López-Cabrelles1
1Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain. guillermo.minguez@uv.es.
Abstract:
A family of robust and stable molybdenum-based metal-organic cages have been obtained based on the [Mo2O2(μ2-O)2]2+ secondary building unit. The resulting cages are decorated with different pyrdine derivatives that impart structural stability, resulting in the structural elucidation of the activated cage with single-crystal diffraction. The chemical robustness of the cage is also demonstrated by the post-synthetic modification of the cage, which allows the exchange of the pyridine derivatives without rupture of the cage.
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