Supramolecular receptor design: anion-triggered binding of C60.
Supramolecular receptor design: anion-triggered binding of C60.
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10.1002/anie.200602724
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2006-10
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K. Nielsen;Won-seob Cho;G. Sarova;B. Petersen;A. Bond;J. Becher;F. Jensen;D. Guldi;J. Sessler;J. Jeppesen
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K. Nielsen;Won-seob Cho;G. Sarova;B. Petersen;A. Bond;J. Becher;F. Jensen;D. Guldi;J. Sessler;J. Jeppesen
pyrroles, 1 exists (Figure1B) predominantly in the 1, 3-alternate conformation in the absence of anions. However, in halogenated solvents 1 binds chloride anions very tightly—a binding constant (Ka) of 2.5 106 mÀ1 has been reported [39, 40] for the complexation of 1 with chloride ions in 1, 2-dichloroethane (DCE) at 298 K, thus leading it to adopt (Figure 1 C) a bowl-like conformation. In the case of 1, the resulting bowlshaped receptor system possesses TTF-derived electron-rich “walls” and was thus expected to act as a receptor for electron-deficient spherical guests such as fullerene, for example.Support for the notion that the electron-rich TTF-derived walls of 1 would stabilize interactions with the electrondeficient guest C60 came from an X-ray crystal structural study carried out on crystals [41] obtained from a mixture of tetrabutylammonium chloride, receptor 1, and C60 in toluene. This structure revealed [42] an extraordinary cubic ensemble [(1· Cl) 6 (C60) 8 (toluene) 5] 6À (Figure 2), in which eight C60 molecules define the corners of a cube and 1· ClÀ units lie within each cube face locked in the bowl-shaped conformation. The chloride anions lie to the inside of the cube, which also encapsulates five toluene solvent molecules. All four TTF-derived subunits on each 1· ClÀ unit interact with C60 molecules, and each C60 moiety lies within a threefold symmetric cavity defined by the electron-rich TTF subunits. In the solid state, the internal cavities of the bowl-shaped