Journal
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
Volume 59, Issue 13, Pages 1204-1207Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.02.025
Keywords
Cliparene; Host-guest chemistry; Redox-controlled; Pseudoclipaxane; Acyclic structure
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21434005, 91527301]
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Here we report the synthesis of a novel, easily available and rigid acyclic C-shaped host-clip[4]arene. It has the ability to bind electron-poor pyridinum salts in solution. A bipyridinum salt, paraquat, is found to have a 1:1 complexation stoichiometry in acetone but a 2:1 complexation stoichiometry in the solid state with clip[4]arene. Unlike traditional [2]pseudorotaxanes with structures of linear guest molecules threaded into macrocyclic hosts, the complex of clip[4]arene and paraquat is rather a [2]pseudoclipaxane where a linear molecule is threaded through a rigid acyclic C-shaped molecule. Furthermore, the complexation between clip[4]arene and paraquat is redox-controlled and can be reversibly regulated through the sequential addition of Zn powder and exposure to air. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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