Utilizing Raman spectroscopy as a tool for solid- and solution-phase analysis of metalloorganic cage host-guest complexes

O’Connor, Helen M. and Tipping, William J. and Vallejo, Julia and Nichol, Gary S. and Faulds, Karen and Graham, Duncan and Brechin, Euan K. and Lusby, Paul J. (2022) Utilizing Raman spectroscopy as a tool for solid- and solution-phase analysis of metalloorganic cage host-guest complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 62 (5). pp. 1827-1832. ISSN 0020-1669 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00873)

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Abstract

The host-guest chemistry of coordination cages continues to promote significant interest, not least because confinement effects can be exploited for a range of applications, such as drug delivery, sensing, and catalysis. Often a fundamental analysis of noncovalent encapsulation is required to provide the necessary insight into the design of better functional systems. In this paper, we demonstrate the use of various techniques to probe the host-guest chemistry of a novel Pd2L4 cage, which we show is preorganized to selectively bind dicyanoarene guests with high affinity through hydrogen-bonding and other weak interactions. In addition, we exemplify the use of Raman spectroscopy as a tool for analyzing coordination cages, exploiting alkyne and nitrile reporter functional groups that are contained within the host and guest, respectively.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:80754
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    5 May 2022
    Published
    5 May 2022
    Published Online
    20 April 2022
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:17 May 2022 12:17
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 03:15
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/80754
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