Geometric isomerism in coordination cages based on tris-chelate vertices: a tool to control both assembly and host/guest chemistry

• Published in: Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 45; no. 41; pp. 1696 - 16111
• Main Authors: Metherell, Alexander J, Ward, Michael D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Assembly; Cages; Cations; Inert; Ligands; Metal ions; Self assembly; Shape recognition

This 'Perspective' article summarises recent work from the authors' research group on the exploitation of the simple fac / mer geometric isomerism of octahedral metal tris-chelates as a tool to control the chemistry of coordination cages based on bis(pyrazolyl-pyridine) ligands, in tw...