One-step assembly of Re(I) tricarbonyl 2-pyridyltetrazolato metallacalix[3]arene with aqua emission and reversible three-electron oxidation

Wright, Phillip J. and Muzzioli, Sara and Skelton, Brian W. and Raiteri, Paolo and Lee, Jackson and Koutsantonis, George and Silvester, Debbie S. and Stagni, Stefano and Massi, Massimiliano. 2013. One-step assembly of Re(I) tricarbonyl 2-pyridyltetrazolato metallacalix[3]arene with aqua emission and reversible three-electron oxidation. Dalton Transactions. 42 (23): pp. 8188-8191.

Source Title

Dalton Transactions

DOI

10.1039/c3dt50988e

ISSN

1477-9226

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URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15885

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

The reaction of 2-pyridyltetrazolate with [Re(CO)5X] (X = Cl, Br) yielded the formation of an unexpected cyclic metallacalix[3]-arene, as revealed by X-ray structural studies, characterised by aqua emission and reversible three-electron oxidation.