A Dynamic Route to Structure and Function: Recent Advances in Imine-Based Organic Nanostructured Materials
A Dynamic Route to Structure and Function: Recent Advances in Imine-Based Organic Nanostructured Materials
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结构和功能的动态途径:亚胺基有机纳米结构材料的最新进展
DOI:
10.1002/chin.201322217
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发表时间:
2013-02
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
Li, Zhan-Ting
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作者:
Liu, Yi;Li, Zhan-Ting
The chemistry of imine bond formation from simple aldehyde and amine precursors is among the most powerful dynamic covalent chemistries employed for the construction of discrete molecular objects and extended molecular frameworks. The reversible nature of the C=N bond confers error-checking and proof-reading capabilities in the self-assembly process within a multi-component reaction system. This review highlights recent progress in the self-assembly of complex organic molecular architectures that are enabled by dynamic imine chemistry, including molecular containers with defined geometry and size, mechanically interlocked molecules, and extended frameworks and polymers, from building blocks with preprogrammed steric and electronic information. The functional aspects associated with the nanometer-scale features not only place these dynamically constructed nanostructures at the frontier of materials sciences, but also bring unprecedented opportunities for the discovery of new functional materials.