AUTHOR=Liang Yang , Zhou Xiaojuan , Gopi Sreeraj , Wang Rui 

TITLE=Distinct selectivity inside self-assembled coordination cages

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2023.1269471

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2023.1269471

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=Supramolecular containers have long been applied to regulate organic reactions with distinct selectivity, owing to its diverse functions, such as the ability to pose guest molecule(s) with certain orientation and conformation. In this review, we try to illustrate how self-assembled coordination cages could achieve this goal. Two representative cage hosts, namely self-assembled Pd(II)-ligand octahedral coordination cage ([Pd6L4]12+) and self-assembled Ga(III)-ligand tetrahedral coordination cage ([Ga4L6]12-), are selected as the pilot hosts, in which this mini review is divided. And representative works of this area are presented here in brief.