An article of interest to CrystEngComm readers from our sister journal Dalton Transactions has been published online. The article, by Catherine Housecroft and colleagues at the University of Basel, looks at catenanes which use π-stacking interactions. They show that multiple face-to-face π-stacking of arene and pyridine rings occurs in [FeL2]2+ and [RuL2]2+ (L = 6,6″-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine) and causes [Fe(2)2][PF6]2 to be high-spin.
Read more in the full Dalton Transactions article here:
Towards catenanes using π-stacking interactions and their influence on the spin-state of a bis(2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine)iron(II) domain
Sven Y. Brauchli, Edwin C. Constable, Kate Harris, Daniel Häussinger, Catherine E. Housecroft, Pirmin J. Rösel and Jennifer A. Zampese
Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00743A, Paper
