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SCIENCE
卷 324, 期 5935, 页码 1697-1699出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175313
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- Walters-Kundert Charitable Trust
- Royal Society
- Marie Curie IIF scheme of the 7th European Union Framework Program
- Academy of Finland [212588]
The air-sensitive nature of white phosphorus underlies its destructive effect as a munition: Tetrahedral P-4 molecules readily react with atmospheric dioxygen, leading this form of the element to spontaneously combust upon exposure to air. Here, we show that hydrophobic P-4 molecules are rendered air-stable and water-soluble within the hydrophobic hollows of self-assembled tetrahedral container molecules, which form in water from simple organic subcomponents and iron(II) ions. This stabilization is not achieved through hermetic exclusion of O-2 but rather by constriction of individual P-4 molecules; the addition of oxygen atoms to P-4 would result in the formation of oxidized species too large for their containers. The phosphorus can be released in controlled fashion without disrupting the cage by adding the competing guest benzene.
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