Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.136, No.44, 15521-15524, 2014
Octadecanuclear Macrocycles and Nonanuclear Bowl-Shaped Structures Based on Two Analogous Pyridyl-Substituted Imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate Ligands
Two types of unprecedented Cp*Rh-based (Cp* = eta(5)-C5Me5) complexes, two octadecanuclear macrocycles, and a nonanuclear bowl-shaped complex have been synthesized from two analogous pyridyl-functionalized imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate ligands, 2-(pyridin-4-yl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate ligand and 2-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate ligand, respectively.