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This work was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy (DE-FC36-07GO17033) and the U. S. National Science Foundation (CHE-0449634).
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Metal–Organic Hendecahedra Assembled from Dinuclear Paddlewheel Nodes and Mixtures of Ditopic Linkers with 120 and 90° Bend Angles†
Article first published online: 6 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904722
Copyright © 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Li, J.-R. and Zhou, H.-C. (2009), Metal–Organic Hendecahedra Assembled from Dinuclear Paddlewheel Nodes and Mixtures of Ditopic Linkers with 120 and 90° Bend Angles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 8465–8468. doi: 10.1002/anie.200904722
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 20 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 6 OCT 2009
- Manuscript Received: 25 AUG 2009
Funded by
- U. S. Department of Energy. Grant Number: DE-FC36-07GO17033
- U. S. National Science Foundation. Grant Number: CHE-0449634
Keywords:
- angular ligands;
- hendecahedra;
- organic–inorganic hybrid composites;
- multicomponent reactions;
- self-assembly
Don't be square: The title cages were synthesized by cooperative assembly of four-connected units and mixtures of two bridging dicarboxylate ligands (see picture). This work may open a new synthetic path towards complex coordination polyhedra that are inaccessible through reported synthetic procedures.