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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 15, Issue 29, Pages 7203-7214Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900230
Keywords
cage compounds; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry; supramolecular polygons
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- NIH [GM-057052]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM057052] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The self-organization of multicomponent supramolecular systems involving a variety of two-dimensional (2D) polygons and three-dimensional (3D) cages is presented. Nine self-organizing systems, SS1-SS9, have been studied. Each involves the simultaneous mixing of organoplatinum acceptors and pyridyl donors of varying geometry and their selective self-assembly into three to four specific 2D (rectangular, triangular, and rhomboid) and/or 3D (triangular prism and distorted and nondistorted trigonal bipyramidal) supramolecules. The formation of these discrete structures is characterized using NMR spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). In all cases, the self-organization process is directed by: 1) the geometric information encoded within the molecular subunits and 2) a thermodynamically driven dynamic selfcorrection process. The result is the selective self-assembly of multiple discrete products from a randomly formed complex. The influence of key experimental variables - temperature and solvent - oil the self-correction process and the fidelity of the resulting self-organization systems is also described.
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