Site-Specific Metal Chelation Facilitates the Unveiling of Hidden Coordination Sites in an FeII/FeIII-Seamed Pyrogallol[4]arene Nanocapsule

  • Asanka S. Rathnayake
  • , Hector W. L. Fraser
  • , Euan K. Brechin
  • , Scott J. Dalgarno
  • , Jakob E. Baumeister
  • , Joshua White
  • , Pokpong Rungthanaphatsophon
  • , Justin R. Walensky
  • , Steven P. Kelley
  • , Charles L. Barnes
  • , Jerry L. Atwood

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15611–15615
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume140
Issue number46
Early online date8 Nov 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov 2018

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