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| Macrocyclic compounds consisting of one ring such as crown ethers (e.g., 18-crown-6) or more than one ring such as bicyclic hydrocarbons (e.g., norbornane or the large analogue depicted) are important structural entities in the field of Organic Chemistry. Meanwhile, there are many examples for small-molecule inorganic analogues of important classes of organic molecules (e.g., borazine vs benzene) so as to constitute the so-called “isolobal analogy”. In this talk, an expansion of such analogies to macrocyclic inorganic structural entities will be demonstrated based on multinuclear coinage-metal complexes that have huge rings from numerous atoms in their simplest molecular units. In addition to substantiating the title of this presentation, some of the consequences of this interesting analogy on multiple aspects of fundamental and applied research will be presented (e.g., supramolecular chemistry, multi-electron transfer reactions, nanotechnology, host-guest interactions, etc.). These aspects are facilitated by the large size as well as the rich spectroscopy and redox processes endowed by having a metal center with functionalized ligands in the inorganic macrocylic compounds.
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Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
9:00 AM-11:20 AM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- 203, Oral
Division of Inorganic Chemistry |
