Pseudorotaxane-type n-hydrocarbon container. Metallacyclodimer of ionic palladium(ii) complexes containing 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)tetramethyldisiloxane

Abstract

An unusual "pseudorotaxaned n-alkane within a metalla-cyclodimer" system, C(n)H(2n+2)@[(Me(4)en)Pd(L)](2)(CF(3)SO(3))(4) (n = 5, 6, 7; Me(4)en = N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine; L = 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)tetramethyldisiloxane), was constructed. This system is the first pseudorotaxane-type petroleum container achieved via the appropriate size effect.