Many congratulations to Claudia Heindl who was awarded the NJC poster prize at the 10th Ferrocene Colloquium held in Braunschweig, Germany, for her poster entitled ”Template controlled formation of spherical supramolecules with fullerene-like topology”.
Claudia is a PhD student at the University of Regensburg, Germany, in the group of Prof. Dr. Manfred Scheer and her poster dealt with the use of the pentaphosphaferrocene [Cp*Fe(η5-P5)] (Cp* = C5Me5) as a building block between CuX units (X = Cl, Br, I) for the formation of spherical supramolecules with fullerene-like topology.
“In the first fullerene-like spherical supramolecule containing Cp*FeP5 and CuX (X = Cl, Br) as building blocks there was found a molecule of Cp*FeP5 inside the ball. That led to the question, whether there is a template-effect of the pentaphosphaferrocene. And in fact, adding suitable molecules to the reaction mixture, the incorporation takes place. The perspective for the future is to incorporate especially unstable molecules or generate unstable molecules by cleavage of e.g. triple decker complexes. In addition, these nanoballs can serve as hosts for several templates such as C60 and o-carborane”.
Since Claudia has just started her PhD, the plan for the future concentrates on “a successful time at the University of Regensburg, and after that: Who knows?”
The NJC editorial team wishes to congratulate Claudia Heindl who also receives a one-year subscription to the journal. Our thanks go to the organizers of this conference for their help in organizing this award.
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