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Constructing coordination nanocages: the metalloligand approach

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The focus on this mini-review is on the use of metalloligands for the construction of discrete self-assembled, polyhedral metallo-cages. This metalloligand approach employs metal bound multifunctional ligand building blocks that display predetermined, well-defined electronic and structural preferences that facilitate the rational design and construction of both homo- and heteronuclear cages. The assembled cages exhibit a variety of defined topologies that, for example, range from trigonal bipyramidal to rhombododecahedral.

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    Li Li, Daniel J. Fanna, Nicholas D. Shepherd & Feng Li

  2. School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    Leonard F. Lindoy

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This paper is dedicated to Jack Harrowfield and Jacques Vicens in celebration of their 70th birthdays.

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Li, L., Fanna, D.J., Shepherd, N.D. et al. Constructing coordination nanocages: the metalloligand approach. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 82, 3–12 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10847-015-0520-0

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