Efficient complexation between pillar[5]arenes and neutral guests: from host-guest chemistry to functional materials

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 52; no. 64; pp. 9858 - 9872
• Main Authors: Wang, Yiliang, Ping, Guchuan, Li, Chunju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 02.08.2016
• Subjects: Accessibility; Aromatic compounds; aromatic hydrocarbons; Binding; binding capacity; Calixarenes; chemical reactions; Complexation; Crown ethers; ethers; macrocyclic compounds; Materials science; polymers; Recognition; topology

Since their discovery in 2008, pillar[ n ]arenes have been a popular family of macrocyclic arene hosts due to their accessible one-step synthesis, convenient functionalization, symmetrical prism structures and perfect cavity host-guest properties. Compared with other macrocyclic hosts, the most pecu...