A tetrahedron from homooxacalix[3]arene, the fifth Platonic polyhedron from calixarenes and uranyl

A self-assembled tetrahedral cage results from two C3-symmetry building blocks, namely, homooxacalix[3]arene tricarboxylate and uranyl cation, as demonstrated by X-ray crystallography. In the cage, four metals coordinate at the lower rim with the phenolic and ether oxygen atoms to shape the macrocyc...

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Main Authors: Jin-Cheng Wu, Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán, Marta Martínez-Belmonte, Javier de Mendoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2023.1163178/full