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Exploring the Emergent Redox Chemistry of Pd(II) Nodes with Pendant Ferrocenes: From Precursors, through Building Blocks, to Self-Assemblies. INORGANICS 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/inorganics11030122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Energy-relevant small molecule activations and related processes are often multi-electron in nature. Ferrocene is iconic for its well-behaved one-electron chemistry, and it is often used to impart redox activity to self-assembled architectures. When multiple ferrocenes are present as pendant groups in a single structure, they often behave as isolated sites with no separation of their redox events. Herein, we study a suite of molecules culminating in a self-assembled palladium(II) truncated tetrahedron (TT) with six pendant ferrocene moieties using the iron(III/II) couple to inform about the electronic structure and, in some cases, subsequent reactivity. Notably, although known ferrocene-containing metallacycles and cages show simple reversible redox chemistry, this TT undergoes a complex multi-step electrochemical mechanism upon oxidation. The electrochemical behavior was observed by voltammetric and spectroelectrochemical techniques and suggests that the initial Fc-centered oxidation is coupled to a subsequent change in species solubility and deposition of a film onto the working electrode, which is followed by a second separable electrochemical oxidation event. The complicated electrochemical behavior of this self-assembly reveals emergent properties resulting from organizing multiple ferrocene subunits into a discrete structure. We anticipate that such structures may provide the basis for multiple charge separation events to drive important processes related to energy capture, storage, and use, especially as the electronic communication between sites is further tuned.
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Lee MM, Lin J, Chang C, Hung C, Chen C, Hsu C, Sun S. Synthesis, Electrochemical and Photophysical Properties of 2,4,6‐Tripyridyl‐1,3,5‐Triazine‐Bridged Trinuclear Diimine Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201701063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Mandy M. Lee
- Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei Taiwan, Republic of China
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Xu L, Wang YX, Chen LJ, Yang HB. Construction of multiferrocenyl metallacycles and metallacages via coordination-driven self-assembly: from structure to functions. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:2148-67. [PMID: 25723131 DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00022j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Recently, the construction of discrete multiferrocenyl organometallic structures via coordination-driven self-assembly has attracted considerable attention because of their interesting electrochemical properties and wide range of applications in the areas of organometallic chemistry, electrochemistry, and materials science. Coordination-driven self-assembly has proven to be a simple yet highly efficient approach for the preparation of various multiferrocenyl metallacycles and metallacages with predetermined shapes and sizes as well as the distribution and total number of ferrocenes. This review focuses on the recent progress in the construction of a variety of discrete multiferrocenyl metallacycles and metallacages via coordination-driven self-assembly. The characterization, the structure-related electrochemical properties, and the applications of these multiferrocenyl supramolecular architectures are also discussed.
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- Lin Xu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, People's Republic of China.
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Freudenreich J, Furrer J, Süss-Fink G, Therrien B. Template-Directed Synthesis of Hexanuclear Arene Ruthenium Complexes with Trigonal-Prismatic Architecture Based on 2,4,6-Tris(3-pyridyl)triazine Ligands. Organometallics 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/om100920v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Julien Freudenreich
- Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, 51 Ave de Bellevaux, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, 51 Ave de Bellevaux, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, 51 Ave de Bellevaux, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, 51 Ave de Bellevaux, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Kaminker R, Motiei L, Gulino A, Fragalà I, Shimon LJW, Evmenenko G, Dutta P, Iron MA, van der Boom ME. Stepwise Assembly of Coordination-Based Metal−Organic Networks. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:14554-61. [DOI: 10.1021/ja105518n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Revital Kaminker
- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Catania 95125, Italy, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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Wang JQ, Ren CX, Jin GX. Route to multicluster containing ancillary ortho-carborane-1,2-dithiolato ligands. Chem Commun (Camb) 2005:4738-40. [PMID: 16175310 DOI: 10.1039/b505041c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Multicluster molecules [Cp(*)IrS2C2(B10H10)]n(L)[n= 3 (L = tpt), 2 (L = bpy)], connected with pyridyl-based ligands, were prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography.
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- Jian-Qiang Wang
- Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Material, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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