The marriage of endo-cavity and exo-wall complexation provides a facile strategy for supramolecular polymerization

Shilu Wang; Yiliang Wang; Zhenxia Chen; Yuejian Lin; Linhong Weng; Kang Han; Jian Li; Xueshun Jia; Chunju Li

doi:10.1039/c4cc08820d

The marriage of endo-cavity and exo-wall complexation provides a facile strategy for supramolecular polymerization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Feb 25;51(16):3434-7. doi: 10.1039/c4cc08820d.

Authors

Shilu Wang¹, Yiliang Wang, Zhenxia Chen, Yuejian Lin, Linhong Weng, Kang Han, Jian Li, Xueshun Jia, Chunju Li

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China. cjli@shu.edu.cn xsjia@mail.shu.edu.cn.

PMID: 25625214
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc08820d

Abstract

Butylated pillar[5]arene (1) and N,N'-bis(n-butyl)pyromellitic diimide (2) form a 2 : 1 sandwich-type complex external to the walls of the receptor ("exo-wall" complex). The marriage of exo-wall interactions and endo-cavity inclusion provides a new strategy for the construction of supramolecular polymers from unfunctionalized neutral receptors.