Construction of a Highly Symmetric Nanosphere via a One-Pot Reaction of a Tristerpyridine Ligand with Ru(II)

Xie TZ; Liao SY; Guo K; Lu XC; Dong XH; Huang MJ; Moorefield CN; Cheng SZD; Liu X; Wesdemiotis C; Newkome GR

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.136, No.23, 8165-8168, 2014

Xie TZ, Liao SY, Guo K, Lu XC, Dong XH, Huang MJ, Moorefield CN, Cheng SZD, Liu X, Wesdemiotis C, Newkome GR

A three-dimensional, highly symmetric, terpyridine-based, spherical complex was synthesized via the coordination of four novel, trisdentate ligands and six Ru2+ ions, and it exhibits excellent stability over a wide range of pH values (1-14). Structural confirmation was obtained by NMR and ESI-TWIM-MS.