Homochiral coordination cages assembled from dinuclear paddlewheel nodes and enantiopure ditopic ligands: syntheses, structures and catalysis

Dalton Trans. 2015 Jul 21;44(27):12180-8. doi: 10.1039/c4dt03782k.

Abstract

A series of homochiral metal-organic cages (MOCs) have been obtained from self-assembly of Cu(II) salts with chiral N,N'-(bicyclo[2,2,2]oct-7-ene-tetracarboxylic)-bis-amino acids. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that these compounds show a lantern-type cage structure, in which one pair of Cu2(CO2)4 paddlewheels is linked by four diacid ligands. The resulting homochiral cages have been fully characterized by EA, TOF-MS, TGA, VTPXRD, IR, UV, and CD measurements. The catalytic tests reveal that these Cu(II) cages are effective in cyclopropanation with excellent diastereoselectivity (up to 99 : 1 E/Z). In addition, the cage catalysts can promote the aziridination reaction with PhI=NNs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Coordination Complexes
  • Ligands
  • Copper