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Combining Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis To Tie a Knot by an Active-Metal Template Strategy†

  1. Dr. Camille Romuald,
  2. Dr. Frédéric Coutrot*

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107112

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Romuald, C. and Coutrot, F. (2012), Combining Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis To Tie a Knot by an Active-Metal Template Strategy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. doi: 10.1002/anie.201107112

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  1. Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM)—UMR CNRS 5247 Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team, Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Bâtiment de Recherche Max Mousseron, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, 8 rue de l’Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France) http://www.glycorotaxane.fr

*Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM)—UMR CNRS 5247 Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team, Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Bâtiment de Recherche Max Mousseron, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, 8 rue de l’Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France) http://www.glycorotaxane.fr

  1. †

    We thank the Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer for PhD financial support.

Publication History

  1. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2012
  2. Manuscript Received: 7 OCT 2011

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Keywords:

  • chemical topology;
  • click chemistry;
  • coordination chemistry;
  • copper;
  • template synthesis

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Collar and tie men: The smallest trefoil knot reported to date has been prepared by an active metal template synthesis. Copper(I) ions are able to constrain the well-designed structure so that it can form the loops by complexing to the bipyridine moieties in the core of the thread and the two ends of the entangled lace on opposite faces of the loop, before acting as a catalyst to close the lace (see picture).

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