Golden Molecular Tweezers: Dinuclear Corannulene–Au(I) Acetylide Hosts for Fullerene Binding
, which exhibited the highest experimental performance toward fullerene binding within the studied family due to its good preorganization in a tweezer-like conformation despite the lack of proper aurophilic contact. Thorough theoretical studies strongly suggested that the Au(I)-Au(I) distance can be shortened upon complexation, effectively turning on the metallophilic interactions.
Authors
- Eric Masson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9387-4783)
- Héctor Barbero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5100-8235)
- Celedonio M. Álvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-6501)
- Nerea Álvarez-Llorente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4951-3240)
- Alberto Diez-Varga
Institutions
- Universidad de Valladolid (ES)
- Ohio University (US)
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c05787
- Primary Topic
- Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Ohio University
- Banco Santander
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Universidad de Valladolid
- American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
- European Regional Development Fund
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación
- Division of Chemistry