TY - JOUR
T1 - Site-Specific Metal Chelation Facilitates the Unveiling of Hidden Coordination Sites in an FeII/FeIII-Seamed Pyrogallol[4]arene Nanocapsule
AU - Rathnayake, Asanka S.
AU - Fraser, Hector W. L.
AU - Brechin, Euan K.
AU - Dalgarno, Scott J.
AU - Baumeister, Jakob E.
AU - White, Joshua
AU - Rungthanaphatsophon, Pokpong
AU - Walensky, Justin R.
AU - Kelley, Steven P.
AU - Barnes, Charles L.
AU - Atwood, Jerry L.
PY - 2018/11/21
Y1 - 2018/11/21
N2 - Under suitable conditions, C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arenes (PgCs) arrange into spherical metal-organic nanocapsules (MONCs) upon coordination to appropriate metal ions. Herein we present the synthesis and structural characterization of a novel FeII/FeIII-seamed MONC, as well as studies related to its electrochemical and magnetic behaviors. Unlike other MONCs that are assembled through 24 metal ions, this nanocapsule comprises 32 Fe ions, uncovering 8 additional coordination sites situated between the constituent PgC subunits. The FeII ions are likely formed by the reducing ability of DMF used in the synthesis, representing a novel synthetic route toward polynuclear mixed-valence MONCs.
AB - Under suitable conditions, C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arenes (PgCs) arrange into spherical metal-organic nanocapsules (MONCs) upon coordination to appropriate metal ions. Herein we present the synthesis and structural characterization of a novel FeII/FeIII-seamed MONC, as well as studies related to its electrochemical and magnetic behaviors. Unlike other MONCs that are assembled through 24 metal ions, this nanocapsule comprises 32 Fe ions, uncovering 8 additional coordination sites situated between the constituent PgC subunits. The FeII ions are likely formed by the reducing ability of DMF used in the synthesis, representing a novel synthetic route toward polynuclear mixed-valence MONCs.
U2 - 10.1021/jacs.8b10186
DO - 10.1021/jacs.8b10186
M3 - Article
C2 - 30407812
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 140
SP - 15611
EP - 15615
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 46
ER -