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Fisher S, Malaspina LA, Gozálvez Martínez C, Prescimone A, Balmohammadi Y, Grabowsky S, Šolomek T. Leveraging Halogen Interactions for a Supramolecular Nanotube. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400295. [PMID: 38462477 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
Abstract
We demonstrate the formation of supramolecular nanotubes from molecular triangles in a single crystal by balancing the hydrogen bonds and halogen interactions between individual macrocycles. Thereby, we template the supramolecular nanotube growth by intermolecular interactions encoded directly in the macrocycles instead of those provided by the crystallization solvent. Ultimately, we show that replacing bromines for iodines in the macrocycle is necessary to achieve this supramolecular organization by enhancing the strength of the halogen interactions and concomitant reduction of the detrimental hydrogen bonds. We investigated the nature and the interplay of the individual intermolecular interactions by analysis of the experimental single crystal data and quantum chemical calculations. This work enriches the available toolbox of supramolecular interactions and will aid and abet the development of rationally-designed materials with a long-range 1D tubular organization.
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- Sergey Fisher
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, NL-1098, XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, NL-1098, XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
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Xue C, Xu L, Wang H, Li T, Liu M. Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) from Pyrene‐Appended Cyclohexanediamides and Photoirradiation‐Tuned CPL Inversion. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202100255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Chenlu Xue
- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 P.R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhongguancun North First Street 2 Beijing 100190 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhongguancun North First Street 2 Beijing 100190 P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhongguancun North First Street 2 Beijing 100190 P.R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 P.R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 P.R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhongguancun North First Street 2 Beijing 100190 P.R. China
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Khurana R, Mohanty J, Barooah N, Bhasikuttan AC. Photoinduced emissive naphthalenediimide radical anion in the confinement of cucurbituril nanocavity; in situ generation of gold nanoparticles. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Abstract
ConspectusMacrocycles have had a profound influence on the establishment of supramolecular chemistry because of their abundant molecular recognition and self-assembly characteristics. The design of new macrocyclic receptors that can be tailored by synthesis to display new and exotic properties is an important research objective for chemists and materials scientists. Rigid macrocycles with π-conjugated aromatic units, in contrast with flexible ones, tend to possess large interior and exterior π-surfaces in addition to persistent shapes. These features not only endow these macrocycles with a wide range of host-guest properties but also render them ideal building blocks for constructing a diverse variety of supramolecular architectures. The incorporation of π-conjugated units into macrocycles also imbues them with a wealth of optical, electronic, and magnetic properties, resulting in their broad application in materials science and molecular nanotechnology.Recently, we have designed and synthesized a new class of macrocycles, namely, molecular triangles, which have rigid structures with triangular geometries. They consist of three chiral trans-1,2-cyclohexano apexes and three aromatic tetracarboxylic diimide linkers, such as pyromellitic diimide, naphthalene diimide, and perylene diimide. Benefiting from the availability of facile synthetic protocols, the geometries and properties of these rigid molecular triangles can be altered at will. By combining these tetracarboxylic diimide linkers, we have been able to synthesize both molecular equilateral and isosceles triangles. During the past few years, we have conducted research in a systematic manner on the structural features and self-assembly characteristics of these molecular triangles. The following points are worthy of note regarding these molecular triangles: (i) They possess shape-persistent inner cavities of a highly electron-deficient nature. These features endow them with the ability to complex with anions and electron-rich molecules, forming supramolecular nanotubes and two-dimensional tilings. (ii) Those with intrinsic chirality are able to self-assemble into solid-state nonhelical or single-handed helical superstructures, inducing selective chirality transfer from the macrocycles to their crystalline supramolecular assemblies. (iii) The triangular arrangement of aromatic tetracarboxylic diimide linkers contributes to through-space electron delocalization encompassing the entire macrocycle, conferring exotic electronic and spin properties. To date, the family of molecular triangles has exhibited a range of physicochemical properties, such as anion recognition, chiral assembly, supramolecular gelation, energy storage, solid-state luminescence, and nonlinear optical response.In this Account, we summarize our recent progress in research into these molecular triangles. We present an overview of their design and synthesis, as well as a general summary of their structural features. Thereafter, we discuss state-of-the-art developments in relation to their molecular recognition properties and their assembly characteristics. In addition, we highlight the potential applications of these molecular triangles and their complexes with a range of solvents and electron-rich molecules. Finally, we speculate on further structural modifications and application-oriented explorations based on this class of molecular triangles.
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- Yu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, China
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Bancroft L, Zhang J, Harvey SM, Krzyaniak MD, Zhang P, Schaller RD, Beratan DN, Young RM, Wasielewski MR. Charge Transfer and Spin Dynamics in a Zinc Porphyrin Donor Covalently Linked to One or Two Naphthalenediimide Acceptors. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:825-834. [PMID: 33449684 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c10471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Quantum coherence effects on charge transfer and spin dynamics in a system having two degenerate electron acceptors are studied using a zinc 5,10,15-tri(n-pentyl)-20-phenylporphyrin (ZnP) electron donor covalently linked to either one or two naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide) (NDI) electron acceptors using an anthracene (An) spacer, ZnP-An-NDI (1) and ZnP-An-NDI2 (2), respectively. Following photoexcitation of 1 and 2 in toluene at 295 K, femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy shows that the electron transfer (ET) rate constant for 2 is about three times larger than that of 1, which can be accounted for by the statistical nature of incoherent ET as well as the electron couplings for the charge separation reactions. In contrast, the rate constant for charge recombination (CR) of 1 is about 25% faster than that of 2. Using femtosecond transient infrared spectroscopy and theoretical analysis, we find that the electron on NDI2•- in 2 localizes onto one of the two NDIs prior to CR, thus precluding electronically coherent CR from NDI2•-. Conversely, CR in both 1 and 2 is spin coherent as indicated by the observation of a resonance in the 3*ZnP yield following CR as a function of applied magnetic field, giving spin-spin exchange interaction energies of 2J = 210 and 236 mT, respectively, where the line width of the resonance for 2 is greater than 1. These data show that while CR is a spin-coherent process, incoherent hopping of the electron between the two NDIs in 2, consistent with the lack of delocalization noted above, results in greater spin decoherence in 2 relative to 1.
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- Laura Bancroft
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.,Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States.,Departments of Biochemistry and Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Fang S, Li E, Zhu D, Wu G, Zhang Q, Lin C, Huang F, Li H. A water-soluble naphthalenediimide-containing hexacationic cage. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:6074-6077. [PMID: 34036999 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02242c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A water-soluble cage containing three naphthalenediimide (NDI) units was synthesized in a one-pot manner without chromatographic purification, during which six irreversible C-N bonds formed simultaneously via an SN2 reaction. The cage was observed to be capable of accommodating a variety π-electron rich guests in a peripheral manner in water. However, for linear guests including I3- and I2, the cage is able to form an inclusion complex. Besides, in the solid state, the cage can absorb vapor of I2.
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- Shuai Fang
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
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Young RM, Wasielewski MR. Mixed Electronic States in Molecular Dimers: Connecting Singlet Fission, Excimer Formation, and Symmetry-Breaking Charge Transfer. Acc Chem Res 2020; 53:1957-1968. [PMID: 32786248 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
ConspectusChromophore aggregates are capable of a wide variety of excited-state dynamics that are potentially of great use in optoelectronic devices based on organic molecules. For example, singlet fission, the process by which a singlet exciton is down converted into two triplet excitons, holds promise for extending the efficiency of solar cells, while other processes, such as excimer formation, are commonly regarded as parasitic pathways or traps. Other processes, such as symmetry-breaking charge transfer, where the excited dimer charge separates into a radical ion pair, can be both a trap and potentially useful in devices, depending on the context. Thus, an understanding of the precise mechanisms of each of these processes is vital to designing tailor-made organic chromophores for molecular optoelectronics.These excited-state phenomena have each been well-studied in recent years and show tantalizing connections as the molecular systems and environments are subtly changed. These seemingly disparate phenomena can be described within the same unifying framework, where each case can be represented as one point in continuum of mixed states. The coherent mixed state is observed experimentally, and it collapses to each of the limiting cases under well-defined conditions. This framework is especially useful in demonstrating the connections between these different states so that we can determine the factors that control their evolution and may ultimately guide the state mixtures to the product state of choice. The emerging picture shows that tuning the electronic coupling through proper arrangement of the chromophores must accompany environmental tuning of the chromophore energies to produce a fully mixed state. Changes in either of these quantities leads to evolution of the admixture and ultimately collapsing the superposition onto a given state, producing one of the photophysical pathways discussed above.In our laboratory, we are utilizing covalent dimers to precisely arrange the chromophores in rigid, well-defined geometries to systematically study the factors that determine the degree of state mixing and its fate. We interrogate these dynamics with transient absorption spectroscopy from the UV continuously into the mid-infrared, along with time-resolved Raman and emission and magnetic resonance spectroscopies to build a complete and detailed molecular level picture of the dynamics of these dimers. The knowledge gained from dimer studies can also be applied to the understanding the dynamics in extended molecular solids. The insight afforded by these studies will help guide the creation of new designer chromophores with control over the fate of the excited state.
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- Ryan M. Young
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Hu X, Lindner JO, Würthner F. Stepwise Folding and Self-Assembly of a Merocyanine Folda-Pentamer. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3321-3325. [PMID: 32003980 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Here we report a synthetic protocol toward a merocyanine (MC) pentamer 1 which represents the first merocyanine oligomer longer than a dimer. By continuously decreasing the solvent polarity, we demonstrate the stepwise folding from partially folded monomeric and dimeric MC subunits (in chloroform) up to the full pentamer π-stack (in 75% methylcyclohexane/25% chloroform) and a subsequent self-assembly of pentamer 1 into larger aggregates (in 80% methylcyclohexane/20% chloroform). This hierarchical structure formation process became possible due to the predominant dipole-dipole interactions among MC dyes that allowed for a precise modulation of the energy landscape by the solvent polarity. This unprecedented stepwise control of dye assembly via hierarchical dipole-dipole interactions opens the door for a more precise control of dye-dye interactions in artificial multichromophoric ensembles.
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- Xiaobo Hu
- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Würzburg , Am Hubland , 97074 Würzburg , Germany
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- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry , Universität Würzburg , Theodor-Boveri-Weg , 97074 Würzburg , Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Würzburg , Am Hubland , 97074 Würzburg , Germany.,Center for Nanosystems Chemistry , Universität Würzburg , Theodor-Boveri-Weg , 97074 Würzburg , Germany
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Jiao T, Cai K, Nelson JN, Jiao Y, Qiu Y, Wu G, Zhou J, Cheng C, Shen D, Feng Y, Liu Z, Wasielewski MR, Stoddart JF, Li H. Stabilizing the Naphthalenediimide Radical within a Tetracationic Cyclophane. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:16915-16922. [PMID: 31533428 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Organic radicals are of importance in developing smart materials that have paramagnetic and/or near-infrared optical properties. Their practical applications, however, are limited by the labile nature of the radicals. Here, we demonstrate that by using a tetracationic cyclophane, namely, cyclobis(4,4'-(1,4-phenylene)bispyridine-p-phenylene) (ExBox4+), to encapsulate a naphthalenediimide (NDI) guest, the redox properties of NDI can be modulated. In organic solvents such as MeCN or DMF, ExBox4+ is able to provide the surrounding Coulombic attraction to the NDI•- radical anion and therefore enhance its stability toward oxidation. In water, NDI•- is prone to dimerization, forming its (NDI•-)2 dimer. Under UV-light irradiation, the (NDI•-)2 dimer is observed to disproportionate and yield the dianionic NDI2-. ExBox4+ is able to encapsulate the NDI•- radical anion and prevent its dimerization, and as a consequence, the radical anion is protected from further reduction in a noncovalent manner. We believe that our strategy of modulating the redox properties of NDI by either host-guest recognition or mechanical interlocking can aid and abet the development of radical-based materials, which could be employed in pursuit of applications in many areas, such as transporting spin and charges.
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- Tianyu Jiao
- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , P. R. China.,Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- School of Science , Westlake University , 18 Shilongshan Road , Hangzhou 310024 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States.,Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , P. R. China.,School of Chemistry , University of New South Wales , Sydney , NSW 2052 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , P. R. China
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Lee SH, Oh BM, Hong CY, Jung SK, Park SH, Jeon GG, Kwon YW, Jang S, Lee Y, Kim D, Kim JH, Kwon OP. Gas-Induced Ion-Free Stable Radical Anion Formation of Organic Semiconducting Solids as Highly Gas-Selective Probes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:35904-35913. [PMID: 31545029 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b12222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The formation of stabilized radical anions on organic materials in the solid state is an important issue in radical-based fundamental research and various applications. Herein, for the first time, we report on gas-induced ion-free stable radical anion formation (SRAF) of organic semiconducting solids with high gas selectivities through the use of organic field-effect transistor (OFET) gas sensors and electron spin resonance spectroscopy. In contrast to the previously reported SRAF, which requires either anionic analytes in solution and/or cationic substituents on π-electron-deficient aromatic cores, NDI-EWGs consist of an n-type semiconducting naphthalene diimide (NDI) and various electron-withdrawing groups (EWGs) that exhibit non-ion-involved, gas-selective SRAF in the solid state. In the presence of hard Lewis base gases, NDI-EWG-based OFETs exhibit enhanced conductivity (Current-ON mode) through the formation of an SRAF NDI/gas complex, while in the presence of borderline and soft Lewis base gases, NDI-EWG-based OFETs show decreased conductivity (Current-OFF mode) by the formation of a resistive NDI/gas complex. Organic semiconducting solids with EWGs exhibiting highly gas-selective solid-SRAF constitute a very promising platform for radical-based chemistry and can be used in various applications, such as highly gas-selective probes.
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- Seung-Heon Lee
- Department of Molecular Science and Technology , Ajou University , Suwon 443-749 , Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology , Ajou University , Suwon 443-749 , Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Kyonggi University , San 94-6, Iui-dong , Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si , Gyeonggi 443-760 , Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology , Ajou University , Suwon 443-749 , Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology , Ajou University , Suwon 443-749 , Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology , Ajou University , Suwon 443-749 , Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology , Korea University , Seoul 136-701 , Korea
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering , DGIST , 333, Techno Jungang Daero , Hyeonpung-Myeon, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988 , Korea
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering , DGIST , 333, Techno Jungang Daero , Hyeonpung-Myeon, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988 , Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Kyonggi University , San 94-6, Iui-dong , Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si , Gyeonggi 443-760 , Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology , Ajou University , Suwon 443-749 , Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology , Ajou University , Suwon 443-749 , Korea
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La Porte NT, Christensen JA, Krzyaniak MD, Rugg BK, Wasielewski MR. Spin-Selective Photoinduced Electron Transfer within Naphthalenediimide Diradicals. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7731-7739. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Nathan T. La Porte
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Tuo DH, Ao YF, Wang QQ, Wang DX. Benzene Triimide Cage as a Selective Container of Azide. Org Lett 2019; 21:7158-7162. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- De-Hui Tuo
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Feng X, Liao P, Jiang J, Shi J, Ke Z, Zhang J. Perylene Diimide Based Imine Cages for Inclusion of Aromatic Guest Molecules and Visible‐Light Photocatalysis. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201900058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Xiying Feng
- Sun Yat-Sen University MOE Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University MOE Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University MOE Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University MOE Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University MOE Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Sun Yat-Sen University MOE Laboratory of Polymeric Composite and Functional MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Guangzhou 510275 China
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Mizuno A, Shuku Y, Awaga K. Recent Developments in Molecular Spin Gyroid Research. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2019. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20190033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Asato Mizuno
- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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Mohan Nalluri SK, Zhou J, Cheng T, Liu Z, Nguyen MT, Chen T, Patel HA, Krzyaniak MD, Goddard WA, Wasielewski MR, Stoddart JF. Discrete Dimers of Redox-Active and Fluorescent Perylene Diimide-Based Rigid Isosceles Triangles in the Solid State. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:1290-1303. [PMID: 30537816 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The development of rigid covalent chiroptical organic materials, with multiple, readily available redox states, which exhibit high photoluminescence, is of particular importance in relation to both organic electronics and photonics. The chemically stable, thermally robust, and redox-active perylene diimide (PDI) fluorophores have received ever-increasing attention owing to their excellent fluorescence quantum yields in solution. Planar PDI derivatives, however, generally suffer from aggregation-caused emission quenching in the solid state. Herein, we report on the design and synthesis of two chiral isosceles triangles, wherein one PDI fluorophore and two pyromellitic diimide (PMDI) or naphthalene diimide (NDI) units are arranged in a rigid cyclic triangular geometry. The optical, electronic, and magnetic properties of the rigid isosceles triangles are fully characterized by a combination of optical spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction (XRD), cyclic voltammetry, and computational modeling techniques. Single-crystal XRD analysis shows that both isosceles triangles form discrete, nearly cofacial PDI-PDI π-dimers in the solid state. While the triangles exhibit fluorescence quantum yields of almost unity in solution, the dimers in the solid state exhibit very weak-yet at least an order of magnitude higher-excimer fluorescence yield in comparison with the almost completely quenched fluorescence of a reference PDI. The triangle containing both NDI and PDI subunits shows superior intramolecular energy transfer from the lowest excited singlet state of the NDI to that of the PDI subunit. Cyclic voltammetry suggests that both isosceles triangles exhibit multiple, easily accessible, and reversible redox states. Applications beckon in arenas related to molecular optoelectronic devices.
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- Siva Krishna Mohan Nalluri
- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States.,Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center , California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California 91125 , United States
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- School of Science , Westlake University , 18 Shilongshan Road , Hangzhou 310024 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center , California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California 91125 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States.,Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States.,Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis , Tianjin University , 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District , Tianjin 300072 , China.,School of Chemistry , University of New South Wales , Sydney , NSW 2052 , Australia
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Diac A, Matache M, Grosu I, Hădade ND. Naphthalenediimide - A Unique Motif in Macrocyclic and Interlocked Supramolecular Structures. Adv Synth Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201701362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Andreea Diac
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre; “Babeş-Bolyai” University; 11 Arany Janos Str. RO-400028 Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- University of Bucharest; Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, Research Centre of Applied Organic Chemistry; 90-92 Panduri Street RO-050663 Bucharest Romania
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre; “Babeş-Bolyai” University; 11 Arany Janos Str. RO-400028 Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre; “Babeş-Bolyai” University; 11 Arany Janos Str. RO-400028 Cluj-Napoca Romania
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Wu Y, Han JM, Hong M, Krzyaniak MD, Blackburn AK, Fernando IR, Cao DD, Wasielewski MR, Stoddart JF. X-Shaped Oligomeric Pyromellitimide Polyradicals. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 140:515-523. [PMID: 29215275 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The synthesis of stable organic polyradicals is important for the development of magnetic materials. Herein we report the synthesis, isolation, and characterization of a series of X-shaped pyromellitimide (PI) oligomers (Xn-R, n = 2-4, R = Hex or Ph) linked together by single C-C bonds between their benzenoid cores. We hypothesize that these oligomers might form high-spin states in their reduced forms because of the nearly orthogonal conformations adopted by their PI units. 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopies confirmed the isolation of the dimeric, trimeric, and tetrameric homologues. X-ray crystallography shows that X2-Ph crystallizes into a densely packed superstructure, despite the criss-crossed conformations adopted by the molecules. Electrochemical experiments, carried out on the oligomers Xn-Hex, reveal that the reductions of the PI units occur at multiple distinct potentials, highlighting the weak electronic coupling between the adjacent redox centers. Finally, the chemically generated radical anion and polyanion states, Xn-Hex•- and Xn-Hexn(•-), respectively, were probed extensively by UV-vis-NIR absorption, EPR, and electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopies. The ENDOR spectra of the radical monoanions Xn-Hex•- reveal that the unpaired electron is largely localized on a single PI unit. Further reductions of Xn-Hex•- yield EPR signals (in frozen solutions) that can be assigned to spin-spin interactions in X2-Hex2(•-), X3-Hex3(•-), and X4-Hex4(•-). Taken together, these findings demonstrate that directly linking the benzene rings of PIs with a single C-C bond is a viable method for generating stabilized high-spin organic anionic polyradicals.
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- Yilei Wu
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, and §Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University , Evanston Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Photo- and redoxfunctional cyclophanes, macrocycles, and catenanes based on aromatic bisimides. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2017.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Šolomek T, Powers-Riggs NE, Wu YL, Young RM, Krzyaniak MD, Horwitz NE, Wasielewski MR. Electron Hopping and Charge Separation within a Naphthalene-1,4:5,8-bis(dicarboximide) Chiral Covalent Organic Cage. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:3348-3351. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Tomáš Šolomek
- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Zhou J, Folster CP, Surampudi SK, Jimenez D, Klausen RS, Bragg AE. Asymmetric charge separation and recombination in symmetrically functionalized σ–π hybrid oligosilanes. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:8716-8726. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt00384f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The flexibility of σ-conjugated silanes presents new opportunities for controlling charge transfer via changes in molecular conformation.
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- Jiawang Zhou
- Department of Chemistry
- Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore
- USA
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Tothadi S, Little MA, Hasell T, Briggs ME, Chong SY, Liu M, Cooper AI. Modular assembly of porous organic cage crystals: isoreticular quasiracemates and ternary co-crystal. CrystEngComm 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ce00783c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Co-crystallisation of helically chiral porous organic cage molecules has enabled the formation of isoreticular quasiracemates and a rare porous organic ternary co-crystal.
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- Srinu Tothadi
- Chemistry Department and Materials Innovation Factory
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Physical/Materials Chemistry Division
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- Chemistry Department and Materials Innovation Factory
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Chemistry Department and Materials Innovation Factory
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Chemistry Department and Materials Innovation Factory
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Chemistry Department and Materials Innovation Factory
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Chemistry Department and Materials Innovation Factory
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Chemistry Department and Materials Innovation Factory
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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Liu Z, Nalluri SKM, Stoddart JF. Surveying macrocyclic chemistry: from flexible crown ethers to rigid cyclophanes. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:2459-2478. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00185a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 474] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This review features the progress made in the development of macrocycles since Pedersen's ground-breaking discovery of the crown ethers in 1967.
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- Zhichang Liu
- Department of Chemistry
- Northwestern University
- Evanston
- USA
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Samanta A, Liu Z, Nalluri SKM, Zhang Y, Schatz GC, Stoddart JF. Supramolecular Double-Helix Formation by Diastereoisomeric Conformations of Configurationally Enantiomeric Macrocycles. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14469-14480. [PMID: 27709916 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Solid-state superstructures, resulting from assemblies programmed by homochirality, are attracting considerable attention. In addition, artificial double-helical architectures are being investigated, especially in relation to the ways in which homochiral small molecules can be induced to yield helical forms as a result of chiral induction. Herein, we report the highly specific self-assembly upon crystallization of a double-helical superstructure from an enantiopure macrocyclic dimer which adopts two diastereoisomeric conformations in a molar ratio of 1.5:1 in dimethyl sulfoxide. These two conformational diastereoisomers self-organize-and self-sort-in the crystalline phase in equimolar proportions to form two single-handed helices which are complementary to each other, giving rise to the assembly of a double helix that is stabilized by intermolecular [C-H···O] and π-π stacking interactions. The observed self-sorting phenomenon occurs on going from a mixed-solvent system containing two equilibrating conformational diastereoisomers, presumably present in unequal molar proportions, into the solid state. The diastereoisomeric conformations are captured upon crystallization in a 1:1 molar ratio in the double-helical superstructure, whose handedness is dictated by the choice of the enantiomeric macrocyclic dimer. The interconversion of the two conformational diastereoisomers derived from each configurationally enantiomeric macrocycle was investigated in CD3SOCD3 solution by variable-temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy (VT NMR) and circular dichroism (VT CD). The merging of the resonances for the protons corresponding to the two diastereoisomers at a range of coalescence temperatures in the VT NMR spectra and occurrence of the isosbestic points in the VT CD spectra indicate that the two diastereoisomers are interconverting slowly in solution on the 1H NMR time scale but rapidly on the laboratory time scale. To the best of our knowledge, the self-assembly of such solid-state superstructures from two conformational diastereoisomers of a homochiral macrocycle is a rare, if not unique, occurrence.
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- Avik Samanta
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Ma J, Meng Q, Hu X, Li B, Ma S, Hu B, Li J, Jia X, Li C. Synthesis of a Water-Soluble Carboxylatobiphen[4]arene and Its Selective Complexation toward Acetylcholine. Org Lett 2016; 18:5740-5743. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Junwei Ma
- Department of Chemistry,
Center for Supramolecular and Catalytic Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Materials Science,
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry,
Center for Supramolecular and Catalytic Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry,
Center for Supramolecular and Catalytic Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Materials Science,
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry,
Center for Supramolecular and Catalytic Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry,
Center for Supramolecular and Catalytic Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry,
Center for Supramolecular and Catalytic Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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Claudio-Catalán MÁ, Medrano F, Tlahuext H, Godoy-Alcántar C. Crystal structure of N, N'-bis[2-((benzyl){[5-(di-methyl-amino)naph-tha-len-1-yl]sulfonyl}amino)ethyl]naphthalene-1,8:4,5-tetracarboximide 1,2-di-chloro-benzene tris-olvate. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2016; 72:1503-1508. [PMID: 27746951 PMCID: PMC5050786 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989016015188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C56H50N6O8S2·3C6H4Cl2, contains two half-mol-ecules of the parent, A and B, which both have crystallographic inversion symmetry, together with three 2,3-di-chloro-benzene mol-ecules of solvation. Mol-ecules A and B are conformationally similar, with dihedral angles between the central naphthalenedi-imide ring and the peripheral naphthalene and benzyl rings of 2.43 (7), 81.87 (7)° (A) and 3.95 (7), 84.88 (7)° (B), respectively. The conformations are stabilized by the presence of intra-molecular π-π inter-actions between the naphthalene ring and the six-membered di-imide ring of the central naphthalenedi-imide moiety, with ring centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.5795 (8) Å (A) and 3.5640 (8) Å (B). In the crystal, C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into infinite supra-molecular chains along the c axis. These chains are inter-connected through C-H⋯π and offset π-π inter-actions, generating supra-molecular nanotubes which are filled by 1,2-di-chloro-benzene mol-ecules.
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- Miguel Ángel Claudio-Catalán
- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas IICBA. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de, Morelos, Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col., Chamilpa, C. P. 62209, Cuernavaca Mor., México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas IICBA. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de, Morelos, Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col., Chamilpa, C. P. 62209, Cuernavaca Mor., México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas IICBA. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de, Morelos, Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col., Chamilpa, C. P. 62209, Cuernavaca Mor., México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas IICBA. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de, Morelos, Av. Universidad No. 1001, Col., Chamilpa, C. P. 62209, Cuernavaca Mor., México
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Dana S, Keshri SK, Shukla J, Vikramdeo KS, Mondal N, Mukhopadhyay P, Dhar SK. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Bifunctional Acridinine-Naphthalenediimide Redox-Active Conjugates as Antimalarials. ACS OMEGA 2016; 1:318-333. [PMID: 30023479 PMCID: PMC6044610 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A novel class of bifunctional molecules was synthesized integrating acridine (Ac) and redox-active naphthalenediimide (NDI) scaffolds directly and through a flexible linker (en). We evaluated in vitro antiplasmodial activity, physicochemical properties, and a possible mode of action. Theoretical studies suggested electronic segmentation between the electron-rich Ac and electron-deficient NDI scaffolds. Orthogonal Ac-NDI molecules showed activities in the micromolar to submicromolar range against a chloroquine (CQ)-sensitive strain of human malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum (maximum activity, IC50: 0.419 μM). The flexible Ac-en-NDI molecules were most potent and showed activity in the nanomolar range against both CQ-sensitive (with most effective compounds, IC50: 3.65 and 4.33 nM) as well as CQ-resistant (with most effective compounds, IC50: 52.20 and 28.53 nM) strains of P. falciparum. Significantly, with CQ-resistant strains, the activity of the most effective compounds was 1 order of magnitude better than that of standard drug CQ. Ac-en-NDI-conjugated molecules were significantly more potent than the individual NDI and Ac-based molecules. The structure-activity relationship (SAR) suggests that the flexible spacer (en) linking the Ac and NDI scaffolds plays a vital role in exhibiting improved potency. None of the molecules triggered hemolysis in culture, and the most potent compounds did not show cytotoxicity in vitro against mammalian fibroblast NIH3T3 cells at their respective IC50 values. The other significant outcome of this work is that some of the investigated molecules have the potential to affect multiple processes in the parasite including the hemozoin formation in digestive vacuoles (DVs), mitochondrial membrane potential, and the redox homeostasis of the parasite.
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- Srikanta Dana
- Supramolecular
and Material Chemistry Lab, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
- Special
Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New
Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
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- Supramolecular
and Material Chemistry Lab, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
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- Supramolecular
and Material Chemistry Lab, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
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- School
of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
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- School
of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
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- Supramolecular
and Material Chemistry Lab, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
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- Special
Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New
Mehrauli Road, 110067 New Delhi, India
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Nalluri SKM, Liu Z, Wu Y, Hermann KR, Samanta A, Kim DJ, Krzyaniak MD, Wasielewski MR, Stoddart JF. Chiral Redox-Active Isosceles Triangles. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:5968-77. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b02086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Siva Krishna Mohan Nalluri
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Argonne-Northwestern
Solar Energy Research (ANSER)
Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Liu Y, Singharoy A, Mayne CG, Sengupta A, Raghavachari K, Schulten K, Flood AH. Flexibility Coexists with Shape-Persistence in Cyanostar Macrocycles. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:4843-4851. [PMID: 27014837 PMCID: PMC4957974 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Shape-persistent macrocycles are attractive functional targets for synthesis, molecular recognition, and hierarchical self-assembly. Such macrocycles are noncollapsible and geometrically well-defined, and they are traditionally characterized by having repeat units and low conformational flexibility. Here, we find it necessary to refine these ideas in the face of highly flexible yet shape-persistent macrocycles. A molecule is shape-persistent if it has a small change in shape when perturbed by external stimuli (e.g., heat, light, and redox chemistry). In support of this idea, we provide the first examination of the relationships between a macrocycle's shape persistence, its conformational space, and the resulting functions. We do this with a star-shaped macrocycle called cyanostar that is flexible as well as being shape-persistent. We employed molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), and NMR experiments. Considering a thermal bath as a stimulus, we found a single macrocycle has 332 accessible conformers with olefins undergoing rapid interconversion by up-down and in-out motions on short time scales (0.2 ns). These many interconverting conformations classify single cyanostars as flexible. To determine and confirm that cyanostars are shape-persistent, we show that they have a high 87% shape similarity across these conformations. To further test the idea, we use the binding of diglyme to the single macrocycle as guest-induced stimulation. This guest has almost no effect on the conformational space. However, formation of a 2:1 sandwich complex involving two macrocycles enhances rigidity and dramatically shifts the conformer distribution toward perfect bowls. Overall, the present study expands the scope of shape-persistent macrocycles to include flexible macrocycles if, and only if, their conformers have similar shapes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yun Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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