Coordination-driven assembly of a supramolecular square and oxidation to a tetra-ligand radical species

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 May 28;55(43):6082-6085. doi: 10.1039/c9cc02320h. Epub 2019 May 8.

Abstract

The design and synthesis of a supramolecular square was achieved by coordination-driven assembly of redox-active nickel(ii) salen linkers and (ethylenediamine)palladium(ii) nodes. The tetrameric geometry of the supramolecular structure was confirmed via MS, NMR, and electrochemical experiments. While oxidation of the monomeric metalloligand Schiff-base affords a Ni(iii) species, oxidation of the coordination-driven assembly results in ligand radical formation.