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Synfacts 2010(8): 0887-0887  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257835
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Emergent Self-Assembly

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, D. Barney Walker
Q.-F. Sun, J. Iwasa, D. Ogawa, Y. Ishido, S. Sato, T. Ozeki, Y. Sei, K. Yamaguchi, M. Fujita*
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan
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22 July 2010 (online)

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Significance

The self-assembly of a giant sphere-shaped complex comprised of 24 Pd²+ ions and 48 bidentate ligands (1a-c) is reported. In addition to confirming the structure of this multicomponent system by X-ray crystallography, the authors also show the system has a critical dependence on the bond angle of the bridging ligand. Replacing the central thiophene unit with a furan (exchanging 2 for 1) results in the exclusive formation of Pd12 2 24 polyhedra.