Structures and Supramolecular Properties of Inclusion Complexes of Anthracene‐Triptycene Nanocages with Fullerene Guests and Their Dynamic Motion as Molecular Gyroscopes
Structures and Supramolecular Properties of Inclusion Complexes of Anthracene‐Triptycene Nanocages with Fullerene Guests and Their Dynamic Motion as Molecular Gyroscopes
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富勒烯客体蒽-三蝶烯纳米笼包合物的结构和超分子性质及其作为分子陀螺的动态运动
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10.1002/chem.202203462
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2023
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Toyota Shinji
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作者:
Mitani Takuji;Tsurumaki Eiji;Toyota Shinji
Three derivatives of macrocyclic cage compounds consisting of diarylanthracene and triptycene units were synthesized. These nanocages formed host‐guest complexes with C60and other fullerene guests as confirmed by1H NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy. The association constant of the mesityl and 2,4,6‐tributoxyphenyl derivatives with C60was determined to be 2.2 × 104L mol−1, which was larger than that of the pentafluorophenyl derivative. Direct experimental evidence of the complexation was obtained by X‐ray diffraction analysis: the guest C60molecule was included in the cavity via multipoint CH⋅⋅⋅π interactions. Dynamic disorders of the included C60molecule in variable‐temperature X‐ray analysis indicated uniaxial motion, such as gyroscopic motion. The unique dynamic behavior of the spherical C60rotor anchored by the cage stator via CH⋅⋅⋅π interactions in the crystal, as well as substituent effects on the association properties, are discussed with the aid of DFT calculations.