Directed flexibility: self-assembly of a supramolecular tetrahedron

James M. Ludlow, Ting‐Zheng Xie, Zaihong Guo, Kai Guo, Mary Jane Saunders, Charles N. Moorefield, Chrys Wesdemiotis, George R. Newkome

Chemical Communications · 2015 · 25 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Self-assembly of a tribenzo-27-crown-9 ether functionalized with six terpyridines generated (85%) an expanded tetrahedral structure comprised of four independent triangular surfaces interlinked by crown ether vertices.

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