A Four‐Armed Unsymmetrical Cryptand: From Two Different Host–Guest Interactions to Responsive Supramolecular Polymer

Chenhao Yao, Jing Zhang, Ming Cheng, Qiang Sun, Yi Pan, Juli Jiang, Leyong Wang

Macromolecular Rapid Communications · 2017 · 13 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

By linking BMP32C10 and DB24C8 motifs together, a four-armed cryptand 1 is synthesized successfully, in which BMP32C10 motif can bind paraquat 2 while DB24C8 motif can complex dibenzylammonium salt 3 in spite of the electrostatic repulsion between guests 2 and 3. The base/acid-responsive supramolecular polymer is constructed further via two kinds of host-guest interactions between cryptand 1 and two homoditopic paraquat 4 and dibenzylammonium salt 5 similar to guests 2 and 3.

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