Copper based metal-organic molecular ring with inserted Keggin-type polyoxometalate: a stable photofunctional host-guest molecular system

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 48; no. 49; pp. 6154 - 6156
• Main Authors: Fu, Zhiyong, Zeng, Yu, Liu, Xiaoling, Song, Desheng, Liao, Shijun, Dai, Jingcao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 21.06.2012
• Subjects: Clusters; Connectors; Copper; Copper - chemistry; Degradation; Dyes; Models, Molecular; Organometallic Compounds - chemical synthesis; Organometallic Compounds - chemistry; Photocatalysis; Photochemical Processes; Self assembly; Sensitizing; Tungsten Compounds - chemistry

Keggin polyphosphotungstate cluster was captured by a porous molecular ring with light sensitizing TPT molecules as connectors and copper ions as nodes. The self-assembly reaction gives a stable host-guest supramolecular system, demonstrating efficient heterogeneous photocatalytic behavior for the d...