화학공학소재연구정보센터
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.58, No.17, 11493-11499, 2019
Selective Self-Assembly of a Rectangular Ruthenium Supramolecule from an Unsymmetrical Bridging Unit
Herein, we report the synthesis of an unsymmetrical diruthenium bridging unit containing a multidentate oxamate ligand and the subsequent formation of a rectangular supramolecule. The reaction of oxamate 1, 2-((4-bromo-2,6-dimethylphenyl)amino)-2-oxo-acetic acid, and [(p-cymene)RuCl2](2) affords a novel unsymmetrical diruthenium acceptor clip 2, where two ruthenium metal centers are ligated with either [O,O] or [N,O]. The molecular clip 2 and bipyridine donor self-assemble to form two-dimensional rectangular supramolecule 3. Self-assembly can produce seven possible isomers depending on the position of the substituted bromoaryl groups. However, H-1 NMR spectroscopic investigation indicated only two different isomers in the reaction mixture. A single isomer is isolated via crystallization, and X-ray crystallography confirms that the product is a C-1 symmetric two-dimensional rectangular supramolecule, in which two bromoaryl groups are located in the farthest position from each other. Theoretical calculations suggest that the self-assembly of supramolecule 3 occurred via 1:1 adducts of the diruthenium molecular clip and bipyridine as an intermediate to predominantly form a single isomer.