Over the past several years, our group has synthesized and studied dimeric metal organic nanocapsules, M8(pyrogallol[4]arene)2, and hexameric metal organic nanocapsules, M24(pyrogallol[4]arene)6. A rather wide range of metal ions have been employed: Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Mg2+, Ga3+. The interior of the dimeric nanocapsules is large enough to accommodate at least one guest, such as a pyridine molecule. On the other hand, the hexameric nanocapsules accommodate more and larger guest molecules. The confined guests may be either ordered or disordered. In this contribution, we will discuss the bonding forces necessary to order the interior of the nanocapsules.

On the contents of metal-seamed metal organic nanocapsules

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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