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TETRAHEDRON
Volume 58, Issue 4, Pages 757-764Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)01097-3
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porphyrin; calix[4]arene; ionic interactions; non-covalent synthesis; molecular recognition; self-assembly
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Non-covalent synthesis of calix[4]arene capped porphyrins can be achieved in polar solvents (up to 45% molar fraction of water) via ionic interaction. Thus tetracationic meso-tetrakis(N-alkylpyridinium-3-yl) porphyrins 1a-d and tetra anionic 25,26,27,28-tetrakis(2-ethoxyethoxy)-calix[4]arene tetrasulfonate 2 self-assemble in an entropy driven process in 1:1 stoichiometry with association constants K-1.(2) as high as 10(7) M-1 in methanol. The thermodynamic stability remains high even in the presence of competing salts: 10(-2) M Bu4NClO4 (4500 times the concentration of the building blocks) gives a reduction in K-1.(2) of only 10 times. Ternary complexes 1a(.)2(.)L using 1-methylimidazole or pyridine as axial ligands (L) have been obtained with L residing outside the assembly cavity. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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