Self-assembly of conformation-adaptive dihydrophenazine-based coordination cages.

Chem Commun (Camb)

School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, 3663 N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China.

Published: January 2024

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  • The study focused on creating three types of coordination cages using dihydrophenazine-based ligands that vary in length.
  • Shorter ligands self-assembled into a specific type of cage (PdL-type), while longer ligands formed a different type (PdL), largely due to the influence of anion templates.
  • The structural changes in the cages, confirmed through X-ray diffraction, led to notable differences in their photophysical and electrochemical properties compared to the original ligands.

Article Abstract

In this study, we designed and synthesized three conformation-adaptive PdL- and PdL-type coordination cages based on three dihydrophenazine-based ligands with different lengths. Interestingly, the shorter ligands and self-assembled into PdL-type coordination cages while the longer ligand formed PdL-type one, mainly driven by the anion template effect. All coordination cages were confirmed through single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and their structural conformations underwent great changes compared with those of their corresponding ligands. Moreover, the conformational changes also significantly affected their photophysical and electrochemical properties which were distinct from their parent ligands.

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