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Narcissistic self-sorting in anion-coordination-driven assemblies

  • Xiaotong Zhao
  • , Heng Wang
  • , Boyang Li
  • , Bo Zheng
  • , Dong Yang
  • , Wenhua Xu
  • , Xiaopeng Li
  • , Xiao Juan Yang
  • , Biao Wu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Northwest University China
  • Shenzhen University

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Abstract

Three tris-bis(urea) ligands with triphenylamine-basedC3-symmetric spacers were synthesized, which assembled with sulfate or phosphate to form anionicA3L2pinwheel helices (A = anion and L = ligand) andA4L4tetrahedra, respectively. Interestingly, narcissistic self-sorting was observed in both structures from the mixture of the ligands, wherein each assembly contains only one type of ligand with no detectable mixed-ligand product as confirmed by the NMR and MS studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6078-6081
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume57
Issue number49
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

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