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Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials
[Image: see text] Carboranes are boron–carbon clusters with important applications in the fields of materials, catalysis, pharmaceuticals, etc. However, the noncovalent interactions that could determine the solid-state structures and properties of such boron clusters have rarely been investigated. H...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34841417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00348 |
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author | Tu, Deshuang Li, Jiaxin Sun, Fangxiang Yan, Hong Poater, Jordi Solà, Miquel |
author_facet | Tu, Deshuang Li, Jiaxin Sun, Fangxiang Yan, Hong Poater, Jordi Solà, Miquel |
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description | [Image: see text] Carboranes are boron–carbon clusters with important applications in the fields of materials, catalysis, pharmaceuticals, etc. However, the noncovalent interactions that could determine the solid-state structures and properties of such boron clusters have rarely been investigated. Herein, inspired by the coordinate bond in metallacarborane or ferrocene, the boron cluster-based noncovalent interaction (denoted as cage(–)···cage(–) interaction) between two nido-carborane clusters was successfully realized by using a pyridinium-based molecular barrier. The X-ray diffraction studies uncover that the cage(–)···cage(–) interaction has a contacting distance of 5.4–7.0 Å from centroid to centroid in the systems reported here. Theoretical calculations validate the formation of the noncovalent interaction and disclose its repulsive bonding nature that is overcome thanks to the positively charged pyridinium-based framework. Interestingly, such bulk crystalline materials containing the cage(–)···cage(–) interaction show relevant properties such as full-color absorption in the visible light range and important photothermal effect, which are absent for the control compound without carboranes. This study may offer fundamental insights into the boron cluster-based noncovalent interactions and open a new research avenue to rationally design boron cluster-based materials. |
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spelling | pubmed-86117902021-11-26 Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials Tu, Deshuang Li, Jiaxin Sun, Fangxiang Yan, Hong Poater, Jordi Solà, Miquel JACS Au [Image: see text] Carboranes are boron–carbon clusters with important applications in the fields of materials, catalysis, pharmaceuticals, etc. However, the noncovalent interactions that could determine the solid-state structures and properties of such boron clusters have rarely been investigated. Herein, inspired by the coordinate bond in metallacarborane or ferrocene, the boron cluster-based noncovalent interaction (denoted as cage(–)···cage(–) interaction) between two nido-carborane clusters was successfully realized by using a pyridinium-based molecular barrier. The X-ray diffraction studies uncover that the cage(–)···cage(–) interaction has a contacting distance of 5.4–7.0 Å from centroid to centroid in the systems reported here. Theoretical calculations validate the formation of the noncovalent interaction and disclose its repulsive bonding nature that is overcome thanks to the positively charged pyridinium-based framework. Interestingly, such bulk crystalline materials containing the cage(–)···cage(–) interaction show relevant properties such as full-color absorption in the visible light range and important photothermal effect, which are absent for the control compound without carboranes. This study may offer fundamental insights into the boron cluster-based noncovalent interactions and open a new research avenue to rationally design boron cluster-based materials. American Chemical Society 2021-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8611790/ /pubmed/34841417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00348 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Permits non-commercial access and re-use, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained; but does not permit creation of adaptations or other derivative works (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Tu, Deshuang Li, Jiaxin Sun, Fangxiang Yan, Hong Poater, Jordi Solà, Miquel Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials |
title | Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond
and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials |
title_full | Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond
and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials |
title_fullStr | Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond
and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials |
title_full_unstemmed | Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond
and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials |
title_short | Cage(–)···Cage(–) Interaction: Boron Cluster-Based Noncovalent Bond
and Its Applications in Solid-State Materials |
title_sort | cage(–)···cage(–) interaction: boron cluster-based noncovalent bond
and its applications in solid-state materials |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34841417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00348 |
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