| Abstract
| - A new family of hexameric metallomacrocycles employing a functionalized bis(terpyridine) buildingblock was prepared by both self-assembly and stepwise procedures capitalizing on terpyridine−metal(II)−terpyridine connectivity. Their structural composition was established by NMR, UV/vis, and masstechniques. Treatment of the hexameric Ru(II) macrocycle with carboxylate-functionalized, multiwalledcarbon nanotubes (MWNTs) followed by dialysis led to cation-exchange-induced complexation andgenerated a nanohybrid adduct that was evidenced by both transmission electron microscopy imagingwith energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy.
- Complexation of a predesigned (1,3-bis(2,2‘:6‘,2‘ ‘-terpyridin-4-ylethynyl)-5-tert-butylbenzene) ligand with transition metals [Fe(II) and Ru(II)] afforded the hexameric metallomacrocycles. Its nanohybrid complex with multiwalled carbon nanotubes was subsequently formed by a facile cation-exchange reaction.
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