A Barrel-Shaped Metal-Organic Blue-Box Analogue With Photo-/Redox-Switchable Behavior
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL(2020)
摘要
Donor-acceptor interactions are ubiquitous in the design and understanding of host-guest complexes. Despite their non-covalent nature, they can readily dictate the self-assembly of complex architectures. Here, a photo-/redox-switchable metal-organic nanocapsule is presented, which was assembled by using lanthanide ions and viologen building blocks, by relying on such donor-acceptor interactions. The potential of this unique barrel-shaped structure is highlighted for the encapsulation of suitable electron donors, akin to the well-investigated "blue-box" macrocycles. The light-triggered reduction of the viologen units has been investigated by single-crystal-to-single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments, complemented by magnetic, optical, and solid-state electrochemical characterizations. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed to suggest the most likely electron donor in the light-triggered reduction of the viologen-based ligand.
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lanthanides, nanocapsules, redox chemistry, stimuli-responsive, viologen
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