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Bottom-up construction of mesoporous supramolecular isomers based on a Pd3L6 triangular prism as templates for shape specific aggregation of polyiodide

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Bottom-up construction of highly complex architecture from simple components remains one of the long-standing challenges in chemistry. Herein two supramolecular isomers based on large trigonal prismatic Pd3L16 building block are reported. Significantly, they can be controllably obtained by adjusting the solute concentration during crystal growth. Specifically, the square shape crystals, α-[Pd3L16](PF6)12 in the cubic system with \(I\bar 43m\) space group, can be isolated from a high-concentration solution of Pd3L16. Interestingly, a mesoporous cage assembled from eight Pd3L16 units with a diameter of 24 Å is observed in the crystal structure. For the low-concentration solution of Pd3L16, the rectangular shape crystals β-[Pd3L16](PF6)12 are obtained, which crystallize in the hexagonal system with P63Im space group, and display two-dimension packing pattern and one-dimension mesoporous channels (diameter ca. 22 Å) along the c axis. Moreover, the two supramolecular isomers were used as nanoporous reactors to induce the specific formation of polyiodides with different compositions and shapes as evidenced from single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. These findings provide a reference in targeting functional crystalline mesoporous supramolecular materials from a single complex building unit.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (No. 22025107), the National Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program of China, the Key Science and Technology Innovation Team of Shaanxi Province (Nos. 2019TD-007 and 2019JLZ-02), and the FM&EM International Joint Laboratory of Northwest University.

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Shi, WJ., Li, X., Li, P. et al. Bottom-up construction of mesoporous supramolecular isomers based on a Pd3L6 triangular prism as templates for shape specific aggregation of polyiodide. Nano Res. 15, 2655–2660 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3889-7

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