Supramolecular Shish Kebabs: Higher Order Dimeric Structures from Ring‐in‐Rings Complexes with Conformational Adaptivity

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 62; no. 14; pp. e202216690 - n/a
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhenwen, Mei, Lei, Guo, Chenxing, Huang, Song, Shi, Wei‐Qun, Li, Xiaowei, Feng, Wen, Li, Xiaopeng, Yang, Cheng, Yuan, Lihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WEINHEIM Wiley 27.03.2023; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Computer applications; Conformation; Dimers; Host–Guest Systems; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; NMR; NMR spectroscopy; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Paraquat; Physical Sciences; Pseudo-Rotaxanes; Ring-in-Rings; Science & Technology; Self-Assembly; Smart structures; Superstructures; Supramolecular Chemistry; MACROCYCLES; Host-Guest Systems; ENCAPSULATION; Self-Assembly; GAMMA-CYCLODEXTRIN; MODEL; Ring-in-Rings; CHEMICAL TOPOLOGY; Pseudo-Rotaxanes; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; INCLUSION; Supramolecular Chemistry; EFFICIENT

Use of abiotic chemical systems for understanding higher order superstructures is challenging. Here we report a ring‐in‐ring(s) system comprising a hydrogen‐bonded macrocycle and cyclobis(paraquat‐o‐phenylene) tetracation (o‐Box) or cyclobis(paraquat‐p‐phenylene) tetracation (CBPQT4+, p‐Box) that as...