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Slippage of a Porphyrin Macrocycle over Threads of Varying Bulkiness: Implications for the Mechanism of Threading Polymers through a Macrocyclic Ring

Journal

CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 360-370

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403740

Keywords

dynamic covalent chemistry; porphyrins; rotaxanes; slippage; supramolecular chemistry

Funding

  1. European Research Council [ALPROS-290886, NANOCAT-259064]
  2. Council for the Chemical Sciences of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (CW-NWO)
  3. Ministry of Education, Culture and Science [024.001.035]

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Threading of a polymer through a macrocyclic ring may occur directly, that is, by finding the end of the polymer chain, or by a process in which the polymer chain first folds and then threads through the macrocyclic ring in a hairpin-like conformation. We present kinetic and thermodynamic studies on the threading of a macrocyclic porphyrin receptor (H(2)1) onto molecular threads that are blocked on one side and are open on the other side. The open side is modified by groups that vary in ease of folding and in bulkiness. Additionally, the threads contain a viologen binding site for the macrocyclic receptor, which is located close to the blocking group. The rates of threading of H(2)1 were measured under various conditions, by recording as a function of time the quenching of the fluorescence of the porphyrin, which occurs when receptor H(2)1 reaches the viologen binding site. The kinetic data suggest that threading is impossible if the receptor encounters an open side that is sterically encumbered in a similar way as a folded polymer chain. This indicates that threading of polymers through macrocyclic compounds through a folded chain mechanism is unlikely.

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