Synthesis and Host-Guest Properties of Acyclic Pillar[n]naphthalenes
Yuanyin Jia1, Ming Dong2, Bin Wang2
1School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Here we report a new class of synthetic receptors, acyclic pillar[n]naphthalene (n = 2-4, Dimer, Trimer, and Tetramer) oligomers, which are made up of 2,3-diethoxynaphthalene units linked by methylene bridges at the 1- and 4-positions. They can be synthesized through a one-step condensation of 2,3-diethoxynaphthalene monomer and paraformaldehyde in the presence of BF3•(Et)2O catalyst. The crystal structure of Tetramer has an interesting pseudo-cycle shaped structure in the solid state. Their complexation behaviors toward several organic ammonium cations (1 +-15 +) and electron-deficient neutral guests (16-17), were examined by means of 1H NMR spectroscopy. Tetramer shows good host-guest properties toward the ammonium guests, giving association constants (K a) in the magnitude of 102-104 M-1, which are comparable with those for some macrocyclic hosts.
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