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NATURE CHEMISTRY
卷 6, 期 11, 页码 978-982出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.2056
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- EPSRC [EP/H021620/2] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H021620/2] Funding Source: researchfish
We describe the synthesis of a [2]catenane that consists of two triply entwined 114-membered rings, a molecular 6(1)(2) link. The woven scaffold is a hexameric circular helicate generated by the assembly of six tris(bipyridine) ligands with six iron(II) cations, with the size of the helicate promoted by the use of sulfate counterions. The structure of the ligand extension directs subsequent covalent capture of the catenane by ring-closing olefin metathesis. Confirmation of the Star of David topology (two rings, six crossings) is provided by NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography. Extraction of the iron(II) ions with tetrasodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate affords the wholly organic molecular link. The self-assembly of interwoven circular frameworks of controlled size, and their subsequent closure by multiple directed covalent bond-forming reactions, provides a powerful strategy for the synthesis of molecular topologies of ever-increasing complexity.
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