Prismatic supramolecules
AssigneeAcademia Sinica
InventorsKuang-Lieh Lu, Manimaran Bala, T. Rajendran, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Rong-Tang Liao, P. Thanasekaran
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Abstract
This invention features a supramolecule having the following structures: 1 M is a transition metal atom that is rhenium (Re), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), or osmium (Os); X is a nitrogen-based tridentate ligand; Z is a nitrogen-based tetradentate ligand; T is a nitrogen-based hexadentate ligand; A is O, S, Se, or Te; R is C1˜C16 alkyl, (CH2)n-aryl, or (CH2)n-aryl-(O—C1˜C16 alkyl)p, in which n is 0-15, p is 1-3; and m is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
Claims54
A prismatic supramolecule having the following structure:
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- wherein
- M is Re, Mn, Cr, Mo, W, Fe, Ru, or Os,
- X is a nitrogen-based tridentate ligand;
- A is O, S, Se, or Te;
- R is C1˜C16 alkyl, (CH2)n-aryl, or (CH2)n-aryl-(O—C1˜C16 alkyl)p, in which n is 0-15, p is 1-3;
- and
- m is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
A tetragonal prismatic supramolecule having the following structure:
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- wherein
- M is Re, Mn, Cr, Mo, W, Fe, Ru, or Os,
- Z is a nitrogen-based tetradentate ligand;
- A is O, S, Se, or Te;
- R is C1˜C16 alkyl, (CH2)n-aryl, or (CH2)n-aryl-(O—C1˜C16 alkyl)p, in which n is 0-15, p is 1-3;
- and
- m is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
A hexagonal prismatic supramolecule having the following structure:
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- wherein
- M is Re, Mn, Cr, Mo, W, Fe, Ru, or Os,
- T is a nitrogen-based hexadentate ligand;
- A is O, S, Se, or Te;
- R is C1˜C16 alkyl, (CH2)n-aryl, or (CH2)n-aryl-(O—C1˜C16 alkyl)p, in which n is 0-15, p is 1-3;
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- m is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.