Three-component self-assembly of a cis-blocked 90° Pd(II) acceptor with a mixture of a tetraimidazole and a linear dipyridyl donor self-discriminated into unusual Pd8 molecular swing (1) and Pd6 molecular boat (2), which are characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis; their ability to bind C60 in solution is established by fluorescence titration. © 2012 Royal Society of Chemistry.

Shanmugaraju Sankarasekaran

Department of Chemistry

D. Samanta

S.A. Joshi

Y.P. Patil

M. Nethaji

P.S. Mukherjee

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Chemical Communications

Pillar height dependent formation of unprecedented Pd8 molecular swing and Pd6 molecular boat via multicomponent self-assembly

Journal	Chemical Communications
Publisher	ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
ISSN	13597345
Open Access	No