“Open and Shut” for Guests in Molybdenum-Oxide-Based Giant Spheres, Baskets, and Rings Containing the Pentagon as a Common Structural Element

Achim Müller, Sebastian Polarz, Samar K. Das, Erich Krickemeyer, H. Bögge, Marc Schmidtmann, Björn Hauptfleisch

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 1999 · 104 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

A novel exchange between ligands and/or guest molecules can be accomplished in giant molecular spheres (an example is shown in the picture) which are in equilibrium with the corresponding giant baskets in solution.