Transition Metals in Supramolecular Chemistry Editorial Board Founding Editor J.-M. Lehn, College de France, Chiniie des Interactions Moleculaires, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France Editors J.-F'. Behr, Facultir de Pharmacie, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, B.P. 24, F-6740 1, Illkirch, France G.R. Desiraju, University of Hyderabad, School of Chemistry, Hyderabad 500 134, India A.D. Hamilton, Yale University, Department of Chemistry, New Haven, CT 06520, USA T. Kunitake, Kyushu University, Faculty of Engineering, Hakozaki, Fukouka 8 12, Japan D.N. Reinhoudt, University of Twenty, Faculty of Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 2 17, NL-7500 AE Enshede, The Netherlands J.P-Sauvage, UniversitC Louis Pasteur, Institut le Bel, 4 Rue Blaisse Pascal, F-67070 Strasbourg, France Transition Metals in Supramolecular Chemistry Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry Yolume 5 EDITEDBY JEAN-PIERRSEA UVAGE UniversitC. 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QD474.T69 1999 546’.&dc21 98-54677 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 471 97620 2 Typeset in 10/12pt Times by Techset Composition Ltd, Salisbury, Wiltshire Printed and bound in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King’s Lynn This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry, in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. Contents Contributors vii Preface ix 1 Ligand and Metal Control of Self-Assembly in Supramolecular Chemistry Rolf W. Saalfrank and Bernhard Deinleitner I 2 Bistability in Iron (11) Spin-Crossover Systems: A Supramolecular Function Jose Antonio Real 53 3 Fluorescent Sensors for and with Transition Metals Luigi Fabbrizzi, Maurizio Licchelh, Piersandro Palhvicini, Luisa Parodi and Angelo Taglietti 93 4 The Chirality of Polynuclear Transition Metal Complexes Christophe Provent and Alan F. Williams 135 Design and Serendipity in the Synthesis of Polymetallic Complexes 5 of the 3d-Metals Richard E. Winpenny 193 P. 6 Rotaxanes: From Random to Transition Metal-Templated Threading of Rings at the Molecular Level Jean-Claude Chambron 225 vi Contents 7 Metallomesogens-Supramolecular Organization of Metal Complexes in Fluid Phases Simon Collinson Duncan W. Bruce 285 and 8 Self-Assembly of Interlocked Structures with Cucurbituril, Metal Ions and Metal Complexes Kimoon Kim 37 1 Cumulative Author Index 403 Cumulative Title Index 407 Index 409 Contributors Duncan W. Bruce, School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Stocker Road Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK Jean-Claude Chambron, Faculte de Chimie, Universite Louis Pasteur, 67000 Strasbourg, France Simon Collinson, School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK Bernhard Demleitner, Institut fir Organische Cheinie der Universitat Erlangen- Nurnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-9 I054 Erlangen, Germany Luigi Fabbrizzi, Dip. Chimica Generale, Universita di Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 1-27 100 Pavia, Italy Maurizio Licchelli, Dip. Chimica Generale, Universita di Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 1-27 100 Pavia, Italy Kimoon Kim, National Creative Research Initiative, Center for Smart Supramolecules and Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 3 1, Hyojadong, Pohang 790-784, South Korea Piersandro Pallavicini, Dip. Chimica Generale, Universita di Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 1-27 100 Pavia, Italy Luisa Parodi, Dip. Chimica Generale, Universita di Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 1-27 100 Pavia, Italy ... Vlll Contributors Christophe Provent, Dtpartement de Chimie Minerale, Analytique et Appliquee, Universite de Genkve, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland JosC Antonio Real, Departament de Quimica Inorganica, Facultat de Quimica, Universitat de Valencia, 46 100 Burjassot, Spain Rolf W. Saalfrank, Institut fir Organische Chemie der Universitat Erlangen- Niirnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-9 1054 Erlangen, Germany Angelo Taglietti, L Dip. Chimica Generale, Universita di Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, 1-27 100 Pavia, Italy Alan F. Williams, Dtpartement de Chimie Minerale, Analytique et Appliquee, Universitk de Geneve, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH 121 1 Geneva 4, Switzerland Richard E. P. Winpenny, Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3 JJ, Scotland Preface The pioneering work of Pedersen, Lehn and Cram on various cyclic structures acting as hosts, and their interactions with cationic species, is considered as the start of modern supramolecular chemistry-the chemistry of weak forces and noncovalent interactions. Clearly, 30 years ago transition metals and their complexes were not regarded as important components in such structures, and the fields of ‘host-guest’ recognition and coordination chemistry were very distinct with almost nothing to share. Things have dramatically changed! It suffices to wander through the eight following contributions to realize that transition metal complexes are nowadays used almost routinely to build large multicomponent architectures. These often display new and exciting properties on the way to molecular devices for specific functions. Transition metals are utilized to construct fascinating structures such as ‘rotax- anes’ (a rotaxane is a ring threaded by an open-chain fragment bearing two bulky groups at its ends so as to prevent dethreading), or beautiful and novel multi- component assemblies such as helices, grids and related high-nuclearity complexes. Another very active field of research, related to supramolecular sciences, is concerned with liquid crystals incorporating more and more sophisticated transition metal complexes and thus displaying increasingly well-defined and specific proper- ties related to both their mesogen nature and the presence of transition metal centres. Molecular magnetism constitutes another promising facet of modem coordination chemistry and the field has produced in recent years both magnificent solid-state structures and properties. The use of transition metal binding sites associated with various lurninophores, for instance has also led to the development of promising molecular switches. If the present volume covers a relatively broad field of coordination and supramolecular chemistry, I am conscious that other important related areas of research are not represented, in particular those related to biology. Nevertheless, this book gives an excellent and contemporary view of the ‘abiotic’ side, and we hope that it will contribute to stimulate ideas and interactions between researchers from various disciplines. Jean-Pierre Sauvage Strushnurg, Muy 2 7, 1998 Chapter 1 Ligand and Metal Control of Self-Assembly in Supramolecular Chemistry ROLF W SAALFRANK AND BERNHARD DEMLEITNER University Erlungen-Nurnberg, Germany 1 INTRODUCTION Self-assembly [I-161 is ubiquitous in nature, where the process is used to create complex functional biological structures with precision. Biologically self-assembled structures are built up by a modular approach from simple, ordinary subunits, thus minimizing the amount of information required for a specific ensemble. Among the most notable biologically self-assembled structures is the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) [17]. However, chemistry is not limited to systems similar to those found in nature; chemists are free to create unknown unnatural species and to invent novel processes. Driven by the quest for new host molecules, self-assembly has been recognized as a powerful methodology for the construction of supramolecular systems. The conceptual basis underlying self-assembled transition metal complexes makes structures generally analogous to the well-established organic-based mole- cular host-guest systems accessible. This analogy has proven highly successful for the controlled self-assembly of numerous clusters with predesigned molecular architectures. While much of the present work in supramolecular chemistry remains focused on the development of organic molecular recognition agents, there is an increasing interest in hosts that contain transition metals. Consequently, the predictable nature of coordination chemistry has been used successhlly to generate the metallatopomers 4-6 of the coronates 1, (2)-cryptates 2, and (3)-cryptates 3 TmnunsifionM etals in Suprurnoiecuiar Chemistry, edited by J P Sauvage 0 1999 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.