Molecules can be synthesized that adopt the three-dimensional geometry of every Platonic solid
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SUPPORTED
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confidence 89/100
Supramolecular chemistry and coordination-driven self-assembly have successfully synthesized complex cage structures and molecules that adopt the geometries of Platonic solids, such as icosahedra and octahedra.
Evidence for · 4
Beyond Platonic: How to Build Metal-Organic Polyhedra Capable of Binding Low-Symmetry, Information-Rich Molecular Cargoes.
2022 · cited by 170
Discusses how metallosupramolecular chemistry forms self-assembled metal-organic architectures mimicking various polyhedral geometries.
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Chemical mimicry of viral capsid self-assembly.
2007 · cited by 65
Details the synthetic strategy for producing chemical capsids and structures with icosahedral symmetry, one of the Platonic solids.
A Keplerian Ag<sub>90</sub> nest of Platonic and Archimedean polyhedra in different symmetry groups.
2020 · cited by 44
Notes that coordination-driven self-assembly has created molecules mimicking Platonic, Archimedean, and other polyhedra.
Chemical mimicry of viral capsid self-assembly via corannulene-based pentatopic tectons.
2019 · cited by 29
Reports the successful synthesis of a giant icosahedral capsid via the self-assembly of tectons and metal cations.