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Large Self-Assembled Chiral Organic Cages: Synthesis, Structure, and Shape Persistence
DOI:
10.1002/anie.201105104
PMID:
21928449
Authors:
Kim E.
Jelfs
(University of Liverpool)
,
Xiaofeng
Wu
(University of Liverpool)
,
Marc
Schmidtmann
(University of Liverpool)
,
James
Jones
(University of Liverpool)
,
John
Warren
(University of Liverpool)
,
Dave
Adams
(University of Liverpool)
,
Andrew I.
Cooper
(University of Liverpool)
Co-authored by industrial partner:
No
Type:
Journal Paper
Journal:
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
State:
Published (Approved)
Published:
September 2011
Abstract: Keep the cage filled: Two large organic cages (see example) with void diameters of 1.2 nm were synthesized through [8+12] imine condensation reactions. The materials become amorphous upon solvent removal and show little permanent porosity. Molecular dynamics simulations give an insight into the mechanism of these processes, suggesting strategies for synthesizing larger shape-persistent organic cages in the future.
Subject Areas:
Chemistry
Instruments:
I19-Small Molecule Single Crystal Diffraction