Expanded triazolophanes: a topological analysis of vesicular assembly

Org Biomol Chem. 2023 Jul 5;21(26):5372-5376. doi: 10.1039/d3ob00868a.

Abstract

Triazolophanes with larger ring sizes such as 40- and 42- were designed and synthesized. Ultramicroscopic studies on a variety of expanded triazolophanes and larger acyclic systems revealed vesicular self-assembly. The role of molecular topology on vesicular assembly was systematically investigated by studying a series of molecules with increasing curvature.