Molecular tweezers as synthetic receptors: molecular recognition of neutral and cationic aromatic substrates. A comparison between the supramolecular structures in crystal and in solution
摘要:
The synthesis of substituted naphthalene- and benzene-spaced tweezer molecules Ib and c and 2e-j is reported. They selectively bind electron-deficient neutral and cationic aromatic substrates. The structural parameters of the substrate-receptor complexes derived from H-1 NMR measurements in solution are in good agreement with those obtained from single-crystal structure analyses. The tweezer 2f forms a stable complex with N,N-bis-(3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium 14, a substituted viologen dication, that exhibits the structure of a clipped rotaxane with a wheel opened on one side. The benzene-spaced tweezer 2j shows complexation of the cesium cation Cri inside the cavity. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.