Metallo‐supramolecular self‐assembly with reduced symmetry ligands
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Author(s)
Lewis, James
Crowley, James
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Metallo‐supramolecular self‐assembly tends to be performed with single metal ions and single, highly symmetrical, ligands. This simplifies the self‐assembly process as without sufficient bias within the system a mixture of products may be formed. However, with various applications of metallosupramolecular species having been demonstrated, the ability to generate more intricate architectures is keenly sought after. The use of reduced symmetry ligands is one route to this, allowing access to lower symmetry assemblies. Multiple coordination pockets can also be introduced in this manner, giving rise to assemblies with metal ions in different coordination environments, which can be exploited for the controlled synthesis of mixed‐metal species. Herein we discuss the different approaches that have been used to control self‐assembly with low symmetry ligands, including the use of mixeddenticity ligands, the incorporation of geometric constraints, charge separation strategies and the use of repulsive or attractive non‐covalent interactions between ligands.
Date Issued
2020-05-01
Date Acceptance
2020-04-14
Citation
ChemPlusChem, 2020, 85 (5), pp.815-827
ISSN
2192-6506
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
815
End Page
827
Journal / Book Title
ChemPlusChem
Volume
85
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Identifier
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cplu.202000153
Subjects
host-guest systems
low-symmetry ligands
metallo-supramolecular architectures
non-covalent interactions
self-assembly
03 Chemical Sciences
General Chemistry
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
cplu.202000153
Date Publish Online
2020-04-14