Cover Picture: Precise Molecular Fission and Fusion: Quantitative Self‐Assembly and Chemistry of a Metallo‐Cuboctahedron (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2015). Issue 32 (26th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xie, Ting‐Zheng; Guo, Kai; Guo, Zaihong; Gao, Wen‐Yang; Wojtas, Lukasz; Ning, Guo‐Hong; Huang, Mingjun; Lu, Xiaocun; Li, Jing‐Yi; Liao, Sheng‐Yun; Chen, Yu‐Sheng; Moorefield, Charles N.; Saunders, Mary Jane; Cheng, Stephen Z. D.; Wesdemiotis, Chrys; Newkome, George R.
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 54:Issue 32(2015)
• Page Start: 9129
• Page End: 9129
• Publication Date: 2015-06-26
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201505542
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="graphical" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <italic> <bold>Archimedean‐based supramolecular cages</bold> </italic> are stoichiometrically synthesized from a bent, X‐type, terpyridine‐based ligand and Zn²⁺ or Cd²⁺ ions as described by G. R. Newkome, C. Wesdemiotis et al. in their Communication on <ext-link ext-link-type="doi" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">page 9224 ff.</ext-link> Triggered by changing the concentration or the counterions, these unique materials undergo a fission–fusion process between a cuboctahedron and two octahedra that is reminiscent of the well‐known biological processes observed in cell replication.<graphic position="anchor" mimetype="image" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj270cd13v" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" /></p> </abstract>