Tetraanionic organoborate squares glued together by cations to generate nanotubular stacks
Tetraanionic organoborate squares glued together by cations to generate nanotubular stacks
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200503156
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Robson, R
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作者:
Abrahams, BF;Price, DJ;Robson, R
Reaction of LH4 with B (OMe) 3 and triethylamine (Et3N) in methanol in a sealed tube at 1608C generates crystals of solvated (Et3NH) 4 [B4L4].[3a, 4a] The crystal structure contains discrete molecular [B4L4] 4¿ squares, shown in Figure 1, in which all four L4¿ units have the same handedness. The B∑∑∑ B separation across the center of the squares is 13.22 ä. The organoborate squares, all of the same chirality, stack one on top of another in the direction perpendicular to the B4 plane (that is, the c direction), with the negatively charged boron centers of one square vertically above and below those of adjacent squares. The [Et3NH]+ ions are located between pairs of anionic boron centers. A combination of electrostatic anion–cation attraction (Figure 2a) and hydrogen bonding (Figure 2b) aligns the components of the stack to produce a tubular structure. As is indicated in Figure 2b, all the N–H vectors point in the same direction and form significant hydrogen bonds to two ligand oxygen atoms (N¿ H∑∑∑ O 2.939 (4) and 3.018 (4) ä).All the columns in the structure are parallel and are packed as shown in Figure 3. Any column of a given chirality makes contact with four columns of opposite chirality. The tubes contain disordered solvent, which is very easily removed without disruption of the tubular structure (see below). This structure is reminiscent of the cyclic peptide nanotubes described by Ghadiri et al.,[5] which also consist of stacks of macrocycles hydrogen bonded together to generate tubular structures. However, in the present example of (Et3NH) 4 [B4L4], anion–cation attraction provides a powerful additional tube-forming influence. Reactions under conditions similar to those above, but with benzyldiethylamine (BzEt2N) replacing triethylamine, yield crystals of composition (BzEt2NH) 4 [B4L4]∑ 4 MeOH.[3b, 4b] The crystal structure is very similar to that of solvated (Et3NH) 4 [B4L4]. Stacks of [B4L4] 4¿ squares, all of the same