摘要
We report a facile and tailored method to prepare globally twisted chiral molecular cages through tunable coordination of bis-bipyridine-terminated helicene ligands to a series of transition metals including Fe(Ⅱ), Co(Ⅱ), Ni(Ⅱ) and Zn(Ⅱ). This system shows an efficient remote transfer of stereogenecity from the helicene core to the bipyridine-metal coordination sites and subsequently the entire cages. While the Fe(Ⅱ), Co(Ⅱ) and Ni(Ⅱ)-derived M_(2)L_(3)(M for metal and L for ligand) cages exhibit quasi-reversible redox features, the Zn(Ⅱ) analogues reveal prominent yellow circularly polarized luminescence. Interestingly,with the addition of Na_(2)SO_(4), the Zn_(2)L_(3)cages reassemble into sextuple-stranded Zn_(6)L_(6)(SO_(4))_(4)cages in which three Zn_(2)L_(2) units are bound together by four sulfates and further coalesced by offset inter-ligandπ-π interactions.
基金
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2020YFA0908100)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 92056110 and 22075180)
the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Nos. 18JC1415500, 195271040, 20JC1415000)。
