A Molecular A-Type Tangled Metallocube

Tangled cubes feature the topology of typical Platonic cubes, with their faces traversed by edges in different ways. This study generates an A-type tangled metallocube from the reaction of binuclear gold-NHC complex and H2S. The tangled cube topology was validated by multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, high-resolution electrospray-ionization (HR-ESI) mass spectrometry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. This study offers a simple and effective approach to designing and fabricating new, topologically unique molecular structures.

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This study successfully generated a tangled metallocube with the topology of typical Platonic cubes. The topology of the tangled cube was validated using multiple analytical techniques, and a simple and effective approach to designing and fabricating new, topologically unique molecular structures was provided.