Steric engineering of Pd-ligand coordination pathways: hierarchical control from functionally addressable intermediates to supramolecular architectures.

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Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China.

Published: August 2025


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Steric engineering enables precise hierarchical control of PdL assembly through well-defined ring (PdL) and bowl (PdL) intermediates. This finding allows active steering of metastable species into functional states, offering a programmable strategy for manipulating the assembly pathways.

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