%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis of a Metalla[2]catenane, Metallarectangles and Polynuclear Assemblies from Di(N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Ligands.
%A Chang JP
%A Zhang YW
%A Sun LY
%A Zhang L
%A Hahn FE
%A Han YF
%J Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
%V 0
%N 0
%D 2024 Jul 1
%M 38949121
%F 16.823
%R 10.1002/anie.202409664
%X The 2,7-fluorenone-linked bis(6-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridinium) salt H2-1(PF6)2 reacts with Ag2O in CH3CN to yield the [2]catenane [Ag4(1)4](PF6)4. The [2]catenane rearranges in DMF to yield two metallamacrocycles [Ag2(1)2](PF6)2. 2,7-Fluorenone-bridged bis-(imidazolium) salt H2-L(PF6)2 (L = 2a, 2b) react with Ag2O in CH3CN to yield metallamacrocycles [Ag2(L)2](PF6)2 with interplanar distances between the fluorenone rings too small for [2]catenane formation. Intra- and intermolecular p···p interactions between the fluorenone groups were observed by X-ray crystallography. The strongly kinked 2,7-fluorenone bridged bis(5-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridinium) salt H2-4(PF6)2 reacts with Ag2O to yield [Ag2(4)(CN)](PF6) while the tetranuclear assembly [Ag4(4)2(CO3)](PF6)2 was obtained in the presence of K2CO3.