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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 2, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1208
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In the realm of supramolecular chemistry, a small number of intricately interwoven structures that bridge the boundaries between art and science have been reported. These motifs, which typically form on the nanometre scale, display both considerable beauty and complexity. However, the generation of new topologies of this type has remained a very significant synthetic challenge. Here, we describe the synthesis of a discrete highly intertwined met-al-losupramolecular assembly based on a universal 3-ravel motif-a topology as yet unprecedented in supramolecular chemistry. The exotic, 20-component, [Fe8L12] ravel entanglement may be considered as a 'branched knot', with individual molecules displaying either left-or right-handed chirality. The formation of this cluster was demonstrated by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction. The arrangement is stabilized by a favourable combination of pi-pi interactions and Nature's tendency to minimize voids in molecular architectures.
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