Host-guest complexation of pillar[6]arenes towards neutral nitrile guests

Mao-Sen Yuan; Huanqing Chen; Xianchao Du; Jian Li; Jinyi Wang; Xueshun Jia; Chunju Li

doi:10.1039/c5cc06801k

Host-guest complexation of pillar[6]arenes towards neutral nitrile guests

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Nov 25;51(91):16361-4. doi: 10.1039/c5cc06801k.

Authors

Mao-Sen Yuan¹, Huanqing Chen², Xianchao Du¹, Jian Li², Jinyi Wang¹, Xueshun Jia³, Chunju Li²

Affiliations

¹ College of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China. jywang@nwsuaf.edu.cn.
² Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China. cjli@shu.edu.cn xsjia@mail.shu.edu.cn.
³ Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China. cjli@shu.edu.cn xsjia@mail.shu.edu.cn and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China.

PMID: 26403862
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06801k

Abstract

The selective binding behavior of a series of nitrile derivatives by ethylated pillar[6]arene (EtP6A) is described. This work represents the first example of complexation of neutral guests by pillar[6]arenes, although those for pillar[5]arenes have been well documented.