Tailor‐Made PdnL2n Metal‐Organic Cages through Covalent Post‐Synthetic Modification

作者：Luo Dong; Yuan ZiJun; Ping LinJie; Zhu XiaoWei; Zheng Ji; Zhou ChuangWei; Zhou XianChao; Zhou XiaoPing; Li Dan

来源：Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135(14).

DOI：10.1002/ANGE.202216977

• Anthracene
• Diels–Alder Cycloaddition
• Metal-Organic Cage
• Post-Synthetic Modification
• Supramolecular Chemistry

Post‐synthetic modification (PSM) is an effective approach for the tailored functionalization of metal‐organic architectures, but its generalizability remains challenging. Herein we report a general covalent PSM strategy to functionalize PdnL2n metal‐organic cages (MOCs, n=2, 12) through an efficient Diels–Alder cycloaddition between peripheral anthracene substituents and various functional motifs bearing a maleimide group. As expected, the solubility of functionalized Pd12L24 in common solvents can be greatly improved. Interestingly, concentration‐dependent circular dichroism and aggregation‐induced emission are achieved with chiral binaphthol (BINOL)‐ and tetraphenylethylene‐modified Pd12L24, respectively. Furthermore, Pd12L24 can be introduced with two different functional groups (e.g., chiral BINOL and achiral pyrene) through a step‐by‐step PSM route to obtain chirality‐induced circularly polarized luminescence. Moreover, similar results are readily observed with a smaller Pd2L4 system.(#br)Two PdnL2n (n=2, 12) type metal‐organic cages (MOCs) decorated with anthracene groups have been successfully functionalized by a covalent post‐synthetic modification (PSM) approach. This has led to the modified MOCs having new functions compared to the parent MOCs (e.g., concentration‐dependent chirality, aggregation‐induced emission, and chirality‐induced circularly polarized luminescence).

• 出版日期2023
• 单位暨南大学