Chiral Self‐Sorting of [2+3] Salicylimine Cage Compounds

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 1244 - 1248
• Main Authors: Beaudoin, Daniel, Rominger, Frank, Mastalerz, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WEINHEIM Wiley 24.01.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Cage compounds; Cages; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Entropy; macrocycles; microporous materials; Physical Sciences; Science & Technology; structure elucidation; thermodynamics; CRYSTALLIZATION; COMPLEXES; thermodynamics; MOLECULAR MARRIAGE; BORONIC ESTERS; DYNAMIC COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; SHAPE; AMPLIFICATION; macrocycles; microporous materials; COVALENT ORGANIC CAGE; SYSTEMS; cage compounds; structure elucidation

An inherently chiral C3‐symmetric triaminotribenzotriquinacene was condensed in racemic and enantiomerically pure form with a bis(salicylaldehyde) to form [2+3] salicylimine cage compounds. Investigations on the chiral self‐sorting revealed that while entropy favors narcissistic self‐sorting in solu...