Dobbe Christian B, Gutiérrez-Blanco Ana, Tan Tristan T Y, Hepp Alexander, Poyatos Macarena, Peris Eduardo, Hahn F Ekkehardt
Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 30, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, Avda. Vicente Sos Baynat s/n, Castellon, 12071, Spain.
Chemistry. 2020 Sep 4;26(50):11565-11570. doi: 10.1002/chem.202001515. Epub 2020 Aug 6.
The tetrakisimidazolium salt H -2(Br) , featuring a central benzene linker and 1,2,4,5-(nBu-imidazolium-Ph-CH=CH-) substituents reacts with Ag O in the presence of AgBF to yield the tetranuclear, oktakis-NHC assembly 3 . Cation [3] features four pairs of olefins from the two tetrakis-NHC ligands perfectly arranged for a subsequent [2+2] cycloaddition. Irradiation of 3 with a high pressure Hg lamp connects the two tetra-NHC ligands through four cyclobutane linkers to give compound 4 . Removal of the template metals yields the novel oktakisimidazolium salt H -5(BF ) . The tetrakisimidazolium salt H -2(BF ) and the oktakisimidazolium salt H -5(BF ) have been used as multivalent anion receptors and their anion binding properties towards six different anions have been compared.