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Recognition of nitrates in a discrete dimeric capsular assembly of a triamide half-capsule
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| Author | Arunachalam, Malathi Ghosh, Pradyut |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | A newly synthesized tripodal amide receptor for the recognition of planar anions such as nitrate and acetate is described. The tripodal host, L, features a 1,3,5-substituted 2,4,6-trimethylbenzene scaffold bearing three convergent amide hydrogen bonding functionality and electron-withdrawing p-cyanobenzoyl terminals. The single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis on crystals obtained upon complexation of L with tetrabutylammonium nitrate in acetone shows the encapsulation of two NO3 ions inside the staggered dimeric capsular assembly of L . On the other hand, complexation with tetrabutylammonium acetate in the same solvent system shows non-capsular recognition of acetate and a water molecule inside the receptor bowl. The p-cyano substitution in the aryl terminals assists the formation of dimeric capsular assembly of L by enhancing the hydrogen bonding tendency of the aryl C-H protons. Though L demonstrates capsule formation upon complexation with NO3 , the geometrically similar AcO shows non-capsular recognition in the solid state, which may be due the structural difference between the two anions. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |