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Self-assembly of a M4L6 complex with unexpected S4 symmetry

Prasenjit MalChandan GiriFilip TopićKari Rissanen

subject

Inorganic ChemistryCrystallography010405 organic chemistryChemistryLigandSelf-assemblySymmetry (geometry)010402 general chemistryta11601 natural sciences3. Good health0104 chemical sciencesIon

description

In a one-pot reaction 1,4-diaminobenzene and 2-formylpyridine, as the reacting subcomponents, self-assemble to a small supramolecular M4L6 pseudo-tetrahedron with unexpected S4 symmetry in the presence of Fe(ii) ions.

https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt02754j