Raoul Plessius, Nicole Orth, Ivana Ivanovic-Burmazovic, Maxime A. Siegler, Joost N. H. Reek, Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom), 2019, 55(84), 12619-12622
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC07138E
Abstract
M6L412+supramolecular cages 3a and 3b (M = Pd, Pt), soluble in organic solvents, contain two different ligand-centered redox sites that enable the reversible storage of up to 16 electrons, as probed by CV, UV/vis spectro-electrochemistry (SEC-UV/Vis), bulk electrolysis and EPR. Encapsulation of a B12F122−anion is confirmed by 1H, 19F NMR and 19F DOSY NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.