RT Journal Article T1 Dinuclear crown ether palladium complex: a highly effective strategy for encapsulating potassium cations in small crown ether rings A1 Lucio Martínez, Fátima A1 Bermúdez, Brais A1 Ortigueira Amor, Juan Manuel A1 Adams, Harry A1 Fernández, Alberto A1 Pereira Lorenzo, María Teresa A1 Vila Abad, José Manuel K1 Crown-compounds K1 Palladacycle K1 Potassium K1 Sandwich-complexes AB The potential of 15-crown-5 ethers to link large cations, such as potassium, is limited by the quasi-parallel arrangement of two oxygen donor moieties upon appropriate orientation of the corresponding ether-ring-containing molecules. Substrates bearing the two crown ethers that are capable of achieving such coordination are hitherto unknown. The synthesis and isolation of a tailor-made dinuclear palladacycle bearing 15-crown-5 ether rings on the metallated phenyls offers such a possibility, providing the adequate environment for the formation of the sandwiched [K(metallacycle-15-crown-5)2] moiety. This synthetic strategy also culminates in the isolation of the first palladacycle able to entrap a potassium cation through bonding to two 15-crown-5 ether rings in a single molecule. PB Wiley SN 0947-6539 YR 2017 FD 2017-03-16 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39372 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39372 LA eng NO Lucio−Martínez, F., Bermúdez, B., Ortigueira, J.M., Adams, H., Fernández, A., M., Pereira, T. and Vila, J.M. (2017). A Highly Effective Strategy for Encapsulating Potassium Cations in Small Crown Ether Rings on a Dinuclear Palladium Complex. “Chem. Eur. J.”. Vol: 23(26), 6255 DS Minerva RD 26 abr 2026