Abstract
Procedures for the convenient preparation of new ligands possessing multiple metal binding sites are presented. Among those, a Schiff base macrocycle exhibiting three outward hemisalen pockets was synthesized using a one-pot reduction/condensation reaction. These ligands are promising building blocks for supramolecular architectures such as metal–organic frameworks or polyhedra.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author thanks Pr Mark J. MacLachlan (University of British Columbia, Canada) for his help during the achievement of this work.