A Cavity-Shaped Diphosphane Displaying “Oschelating” Behavior

Rafael Gramage-Doria (1) , Dominique Armspach (1) , Dominique Matt (1) , Loic Toupet (2)

1 Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg
2 GMCM - Groupe matière condensée et matériaux

A molecular balance wheel: transition metals form with a β-cyclodextrin-derived diphosphane chelate complexes in which a fast oscillatory motion about the metal ion takes place. The observed movement occurs without metal-phosphorus bond dissociation.

Domaines: Chimie de coordination

Rafael Gramage-Doria, Dominique Armspach, Dominique Matt, Loic Toupet. A Cavity-Shaped Diphosphane Displaying “Oschelating” Behavior. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50 (7), pp.1554-1559. ⟨10.1002/anie.201005169⟩. ⟨hal-01472929⟩