Switching porosity of stable triptycene-based cage via solution-state assembly processes

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 10; no. 15; pp. 9088 - 9092
• Main Authors: Ma, Hui, Zhai, Tian-Long, Wang, Zhen, Cheng, Guang, Tan, Bien, Zhang, Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 03.03.2020; The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: Assembly; Cages; Chemistry; Crystallization; Dichloromethane; Porosity; Porous materials

It is a great challenge to tune the porosity of porous materials. As most porous organic cages are soluble, solution processability can be a possible way to regulate the porosity of such materials. Herein, a triptycene-based cage (TC) is demonstrated to be stable in acid, base or boiling water. Mean...