Synthesis 2007(23): 3736-3740  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-990826
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The Wittig Reaction as a Key Step in the Preparation of Triangular Ligands for the Self-Assembly of Molecular M4L4 Tetrahedra

Markus Albrecht*a, Simon Burka, Patrick Weisb, Christoph A. Schalleyc, Michael Kogejc
a Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH-Aachen, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
b Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe, Fritz-Haber-Weg, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
c Institut für Chemie und Biochemie - Organische Chemie, FU Berlin, Takustraße 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
e-Mail: markus.albrecht@oc.rwth-aachen.de; Fax: +49(241)8092385;
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Received 14 August 2007
Publication Date:
10 October 2007 (online)

Abstract

Triangular ligands based on a central C 3-symmetric backbone, ethylene linkages, and catechol ligand units, are prepared by a Wittig approach. The ligands form, in metal-directed self-assembly­ processes, tetrahedral coordination compounds of the composition M4L4.