Molecular recognition and self-assembly special feature: Dynamic combinatorial synthesis of a catenane based on donor-acceptor interactions in water.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009;
106:10466-70. [PMID:
19171892 DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0809934106]
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Abstract
A new type of neutral donor-acceptor [2]-catenane, containing both complementary units in the same ring was synthesized from a dynamic combinatorial library in water. The yield of the water soluble [2]-catenane is enhanced by increasing either building-block concentrations or ionic strength, or by the addition of an electron-rich template. NMR spectroscopy demonstrates that the template is intercalated between the 2 electron-deficient naphthalenediimide units of the catenane.
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