Transformation of a Pd₆ trifacial barrel to a Pd₈ tetrafacial barrel by C₇₀ as guest and oxidative photolysis of alkenes using the C₇₀ encapsulated barrel under red light.

ABSTRACT: Fabricating discrete molecular cages as fullerene receptors has been a compelling task. The main objective of confining fullerene molecules is to utilize their physico-chemical properties in commonly used media in which they are insoluble. Herein, a fluorenone-based large trigonal Pd₆ molecular barrel (M1) was synthesized by coordination self-assembly to act as a potential fullerene trap. M1, in the presence of fullerene C₇₀, converted to a larger Pd₈ tetrafacial barrel (M2) forming stable host-guest adduct, (C₇₀)₃@M2. The PF₆ ^- analogues of both M1 and (C₇₀)₃@M2 were acetonitrile soluble, generated reactive oxygen species due to the presence of photosensitizing fluorenone moieties in their b

SUBMITTER: Banerjee R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12164367 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature