Symmetry breaking in self-assembled M4L6 cage complexes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 10531-10535

  Meng, Wenjing ^a   Ronson, Tanya K ^a   Nitschke, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination chemistry; Metal organic capsules; Self assembly; Stereochemistry; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; METAL COMPLEX; NANOCAGE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYMMETRY BREAKING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84879547420     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302683110     Document Type: Article

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