Structural alteration of the metal–organic pyrogallol[4]arene nano-capsule motif by incorporation of large metal centres

• DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00202d
• Publication Date: 2014-03-25T02:46:07Z
• Authors: Ping Jin; Harshita Kumari; Stuart Kennedy; Charles L. Barnes; Simon J. Teat; Scott J. Dalgarno; Jerry L. Atwood
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Addition of cadmium(II) nitrate to gallium-coordinated metal-organic C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arene nano-capsules affords a variation of the near spherical hexamer motif, structural changes in which are induced by the markedly different nature of the secondary incorporated metal.