2015年4月
Multinuclear metal-binding ability of a carotene
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
- 巻
- 6
- 号
- 開始ページ
- 6742
- 終了ページ
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1038/ncomms7742
- 出版者・発行元
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Carotenes are naturally abundant unsaturated hydrocarbon pigments, and their fascinating physical and chemical properties have been studied intensively not only for better understanding of the roles in biological processes but also for the use in artificial chemical systems. However, their metal-binding ability has been virtually unexplored. Here we report that beta-carotene has the ability to assemble and align ten metal atoms to afford decanuclear homoand heterometal chain complexes. The metallo-carotenoid framework shows reversible metalation-demetalation reactivity with multiple metals, which allows us to control the size of metal chains as well as the heterobimetallic composition and arrangement of the carotene-supported metal chains.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1038/ncomms7742
- ISSN : 2041-1723
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000353702100001