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Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers and Characterization of Their Diffusive Motion in the Melt State at the Single Molecule Level
Published on: September 26, 2016
macrocycle embrace: encapsulation of fluoroarenes by m-phenylene ethynylene host
Ilya Popov1, Teng-Hao Chen, Sergey Belyakov
1Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 112 Fleming Building, Houston, TX 77204-5003 (USA).
Abstract:
We report structural characterization of a new member of m-phenylene ethynylene ring family. This shape-persistent macrocycle also co-crystallizes with hexafluoro-, 1,2,4,5-tetrafluoro-, 1,3,5-trifluoro, and 1,4-difluorobenzene. The four complexes are almost isostructural, and all show the fluoroarene included into the central cavity of the macrocycle. Characterized by multiple short C - H⋅⋅⋅F - C contacts, these inclusion complexes further dimerize in the solid state into a 2+2 assembly, in which the two macrocycles embrace each other by their large hydrophobic groups that are rotated by 60° relative to one another.
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