Metal–organic frameworks and self-assembled supramolecular coordination complexes: comparing and contrasting the design, synthesis, and functionality of metal …

TR Cook, YR Zheng, PJ Stang - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
In 1893, Alfred Werner described the structure of octahedral transition metal complexes and
provided the basis for assigning coordination number and oxidation state to what were then …

Post-synthetic modifications of metal–organic cages

J Liu, Z Wang, P Cheng, MJ Zaworotko… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Metal–organic cages (MOCs) are discrete, supramolecular entities that consist of metal
nodes and organic linkers, which can offer solution processability and high porosity …

Supramolecular transformations within discrete coordination-driven supramolecular architectures

W Wang, YX Wang, HB Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, a comprehensive summary of supramolecular transformations within discrete
coordination-driven supramolecular architectures, including helices, metallacycles …

Biomedical and biochemical applications of self-assembled metallacycles and metallacages

TR Cook, V Vajpayee, MH Lee, PJ Stang… - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Metal ions and metal complexes with organic molecules are ubiquitous in nature. Bulk metal
ions of Na, K, Mg, and Ca constitute as much as 1% of human body weight. The remaining …

Tailor‐Made PdnL2n Metal‐Organic Cages through Covalent Post‐Synthetic Modification

D Luo, ZJ Yuan, LJ **, XW Zhu, J Zheng… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐synthetic modification (PSM) is an effective approach for the tailored functionalization
of metal‐organic architectures, but its generalizability remains challenging. Herein we report …

Beyond platonic: how to build metal–organic polyhedra capable of binding low-symmetry, information-rich molecular cargoes

CT McTernan, JA Davies, JR Nitschke - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The field of metallosupramolecular chemistry has advanced rapidly in recent years. Much
work in this area has focused on the formation of hollow self-assembled metal-organic …

Construction of multiferrocenyl metallacycles and metallacages via coordination-driven self-assembly: from structure to functions

L Xu, YX Wang, LJ Chen, HB Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, the construction of discrete multiferrocenyl organometallic structures via
coordination-driven self-assembly has attracted considerable attention because of their …

Construction of smart supramolecular polymeric hydrogels cross-linked by discrete organoplatinum (II) metallacycles via post-assembly polymerization

W Zheng, LJ Chen, G Yang, B Sun… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Postassembly modification strategy has been successfully employed in the construction of
discrete metallosupramolecular assemblies. However, the most known reports have been …

Covalent post-assembly modification in metallosupramolecular chemistry

DA Roberts, BS Pilgrim, JR Nitschke - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A growing variety of covalent reactions have been employed to achieve the post-assembly
modification (PAM) of self-assembled metallosupramolecular complexes. Covalent PAM …

Controlled Formation of Heteroleptic [Pd2(La)2(Lb)2]4+ Cages

D Preston, JE Barnsley, KC Gordon… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Metallosupramolecular architectures are beginning to be exploited for a range of
applications including drug delivery, catalysis, molecular recognition, and sensing. For the …