ON/OFF metal-triggered molecular tweezers for fullerene recognition.

Adriana Sacristán-Martín Héctor Barbero Sergio Ferrero Daniel Miguel Raul García-Rodríguez Celedonio M Álvarez

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)

Herein, we report molecular tweezers for fullerene recognition based on 2,2'-bipyridine-bearing corannulene motifs. The syn or anti confirmation can be selected simply by Cu(I) coordination/decoordination, thus controlling the fullerene recognition capability of the system on demand and leading to the formation of effective metal-triggered ON/OFF molecular tweezers.

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