Coordination Assemblies from a Pd(II)-Cornered Square Complex
Author(s)
Date issued
2005
In
Acc. Chem. Res.
Vol
4
No
38
From page
369
To page
378
Subjects
palladium ethylenediamine corner square polyhedron complex prepn review review self assembly palladium ethylenediamine cornered polyhedron
Abstract
A review. The [enPd(II)]2+ (en = ethylenediamine) unit has emerged as a versatile building block in mol. self-assembly. In particular, the 90° coordination angle of the metal was judiciously used in the design of new discrete two- and three-dimensional structures. The authors' last 15 years of work with the Pd(II)-cornered unit is summarized in this Account, from the spontaneous formation of a Pd4 square metal complex to a family of architectures such as cages, bowls, boxes, tubes, catenanes, and spheres. [on SciFinder(R)]
Publication type
journal article