Gases as guests in benzocyclotrimer cage hosts

Org Lett. 2009 Sep 3;11(17):3926-9. doi: 10.1021/ol901621b.

Abstract

An imine-linked (+)-syn-benzotricamphor derivative gives access to chiral unimolecular cages exhibiting internal cavities of new shapes and volumes. One of these hosts hydrocarbon gases at low temperatures in solution through CH-pi attractive interactions. No encapsulation is observed when the cage structure is too narrow or too large for the guest.