Stepwise self-assembly of a discrete molecular honeycomb using a multitopic metallo-organic ligand

作者:Wu, Tun; Yuan, Jie; Song, Bo; Chen, Yu-Sheng; Chen, Mingzhao; Xue, Xiaobo; Liu, Qianqian; Wang, Jun; Chan, Yi-Tsu; Wang, Pingshan*
来源:Chemical communications, 2017, 53(50): 6732-6735.
DOI:10.1039/c7cc03715e

摘要

Self-assembly of a metallo-organic ligand, composed of an inner uncomplexed 120 degrees-bis(terpyridine) and an outer extended free 120 degrees-bis(terpyridine) linked by a triple <-tpy-Ru2+-tpy-> connector, and complexed with Zn2+, gave rise to a discrete planar supra-molecular honeycomb patterned fractal. The central metallo-hexagon was surrounded by six identical metallo-hexagons which perfectly mimicked the natural simple honeycomb structure.