Two dominant self-assembly pathways to a Pd3L6 double-walled triangle†
Abstract
An NMR-based quantitative analysis of self-assembly process (QASAP) for the self-assembly of a Pd3L6 double-walled triangle (DWT) from PdPy*4(BF4)2 (Py* indicates 3-chloropyridine) and V-shaped ditopic ligands (L) revealed that DWT was assembled through trinuclear single-walled chains, in which the intramolecular macrocyclization and the formation of double-walls took place leading to the final assembly.