Isostructural coordination capsules for a series of 10 different d 5-d10 transition-metal ions

Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) Ten of a kind: A series of {M 6L8} octahedral metallocapsules that are structurally identical except for the metal at the apexes was quantitatively prepared from tris-monodentate ligands L and ten divalent d5-d10 transition-metal ions (see picture). Six CF3SO3- anions coordinated inside the capsules can be site-selectively replaced with other anionic ligands to functionalize the cavity. © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.