Stepwise self-assembly of a discrete molecular honeycomb using a multitopic metallo-organic ligand

Tun Wu; Jie Yuan; Bo Song; Yu-Sheng Chen; Mingzhao Chen; Xiaobo Xue; Qianqian Liu; Jun Wang; Yi-Tsu Chan; Pingshan Wang

doi:10.1039/C7CC03715E

Stepwise self-assembly of a discrete molecular honeycomb using a multitopic metallo-organic ligand†

Tun Wu,‡^a Jie Yuan,‡^a Bo Song,^b Yu-Sheng Chen,^c Mingzhao Chen,^a Xiaobo Xue,^a Qianqian Liu,^a Jun Wang,^a Yi-Tsu Chan

^c and Pingshan Wang

*^a

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^a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha-410083, Hunan, P. R. China
E-mail: chemwps@csu.edu.cn
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^b Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
E-mail: xiaopengli1@usf.edu

^c Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4 Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
E-mail: ytchan@ntu.edu.tw

Abstract

Self-assembly of a metallo-organic ligand, composed of an inner uncomplexed 120°-bis(terpyridine) and an outer extended free 120°-bis(terpyridine) linked by a triple 〈-tpy-Ru²⁺-tpy-〉 connector, and complexed with Zn²⁺, gave rise to a discrete planar supramolecular honeycomb patterned fractal. The central metallo-hexagon was surrounded by six identical metallo-hexagons which perfectly mimicked the natural simple honeycomb structure.

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Stepwise self-assembly of a discrete molecular honeycomb using a multitopic metallo-organic ligand†

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