[m × n] metal ion arrays templated by coordination cages

Takafumi Osuga; Takashi Murase; Kosuke Ono; Yoshihiro Yamauchi; Makoto Fujita

doi:10.1021/ja108367j

[m × n] metal ion arrays templated by coordination cages

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Nov 10;132(44):15553-5. doi: 10.1021/ja108367j.

Authors

Takafumi Osuga¹, Takashi Murase, Kosuke Ono, Yoshihiro Yamauchi, Makoto Fujita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

PMID: 20961109
DOI: 10.1021/ja108367j

Abstract

Three-dimensional m × n arrays of metal ion clusters can be assembled as aromatic stacks of planar polynuclear metal complexes within columnar coordination cages. The polynuclear complexes and cage height program the final array structures of the metal ion clusters. Cyclic trinuclear Au(I) complexes (m = 3) assembled into trigonal prismatic arrays (n = 1-3) within the cages and the array structures were clearly shown by X-ray crystallographic analysis. A silver-sandwiched hetero-Au(3)-Ag-Au(3) cluster was also prepared by treating a hexanuclear Au(3)-Au(3) cluster with Ag(I) ion.