Reversible guest molecule encapsulation in the 3-D framework of a heteropolynuclear luminescent Zn4Eu2 cage complex

Xiaoping Yang; Benjamin P Hahn; Richard A Jones; Keith J Stevenson; J Steven Swinnea; Qiaoyin Wu

doi:10.1039/b607183j

Reversible guest molecule encapsulation in the 3-D framework of a heteropolynuclear luminescent Zn4Eu2 cage complex

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Sep 28:(36):3827-9. doi: 10.1039/b607183j. Epub 2006 Aug 3.

Authors

Xiaoping Yang¹, Benjamin P Hahn, Richard A Jones, Keith J Stevenson, J Steven Swinnea, Qiaoyin Wu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A 5300, Austin, TX 78712-0165, USA.

PMID: 16969471
DOI: 10.1039/b607183j

Abstract

Guest molecules of diethyl ether or methanol are reversibly encapsulated in cavities formed by the 3-dimensional supramolecular framework of heteropolynuclear, luminescent [Eu2Zn4L4(OAc)6(NO3)2(OH)2].2Et2O.