Abstract
The trinuclear triangle-shaped system [tris{3,5-bis(heptafluoropropyl)-1,2,4-triazolatosilver(I)}] (1) and the multi-armed square-shaped metalloporphyrin PtOEP or the free porphyrin base H2OEP serve as excellent octopus hosts (OEP=2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-21H,23H-porphine). Coupling of the fluorous/organic molecular octopi 1 and H2OEP or PtOEP by strong quadrupole–quadrupole and metal–π interactions affords the supramolecular assemblies [1⋅PtOEP] or [1⋅H2OEP] (2 a), which feature nanoscopic cavities surrounding the upper triangular and lower square cores. The fluorous/organic biphasic configuration of [1⋅PtOEP] leads to an increase in the phosphorescence of PtOEP under ambient conditions. Guest molecules can be included in the biphasic double-octopus assembly in three different site-selective modes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4842-4846 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 13 2015 |
Funding
Support by the U.S. National Science Foundation (CHE-1413641, CHE-0911690, CMMI-0963509, and CHE-0840518) and the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant B-1542) is gratefully acknowledged. X.P.W. acknowledges support by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy (DE-AC05-00OR22725) managed by UT Battelle, LLC.
Keywords
- fluorine
- heterocycles
- luminescent materials
- porphyrins
- supramolecular chemistry