A unique type of a dicobalt cage templated by a weakly coordinated hexafluorophosphate anion: design, structure and solid-state NMR investigations

作者：Desmarets Christophe; Poli Fabrizia; Le Goff Xavier F; Mueller Klaus; Amouri Hani^*

来源：Dalton Transactions, 2009, (47): 10429-10432.

DOI：10.1039/b918888f

Adinuclear cobalt capsule [PF(6) subset of(CH(3)CN)(2)(Co(2)L(4))][PF(6)](3) (2), (L = bis-benzimidazole-1,3-phenylene) has been prepared using a self-assembly approach. This unique class of cage is perfectly designed to encapsulate weakly coordinated anions, i.e. BF(4)(-) and PF(6)(-) via an M center dot center dot center dot anion weak interaction as illustrated by X-ray and solid-state NMR investigations. Selective anion binding for BF(4)(-) over PF(6)(-) is also observed.

• 出版日期2009