Nanochannel array within a multilayered network of a planarized dehydro[24]annulene

Mitsuharu Suzuki; Angelo Comito; Saeed I Khan; Yves Rubin

doi:10.1021/ol1006967

Nanochannel array within a multilayered network of a planarized dehydro[24]annulene

Org Lett. 2010 May 21;12(10):2346-9. doi: 10.1021/ol1006967.

Authors

Mitsuharu Suzuki¹, Angelo Comito, Saeed I Khan, Yves Rubin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.

PMID: 20402478
DOI: 10.1021/ol1006967

Abstract

Dehydro[24]annulene 1c adopts an unusual planarized conformation in the crystal. A multilayered stack of hydrogen-bonded grids delineates tightly packed nanotubular channels. The related macrocycles 1a and 1b, on the other hand, have the expected puckered conformations in the crystal.