Triple Self-Sorting in Constitutional Dynamic Networks: Parallel Generation of Imine-Based Cu^I , Fe^II , and Zn^II Complexes.

ABSTRACT: Three imine-based metal complexes, having no overlap in terms of their compositions, have been simultaneously generated from the self-sorting of a constitutional dynamic library (CDL) containing three amines, three aldehydes, and three metal salts. The hierarchical ordering of the stability of the three metal complexes assembled and the leveraging of the antagonistic and agonistic relationships existing between the constituents within the constitutional dynamic network corresponding to the CDL were pivotal in achieving the sorting. Examination of the process by NMR spectroscopy showed that the self-sorting of the Fe^II and Zn^II complexes depended on an interplay between the thermodynamic driving forces and a kinetic trap involved in their assembly. These results also e

SUBMITTER: Ayme JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7383593 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature