Modulating Supramolecular Charge‐Transfer Interactions in the Solid State using Compressible Macrocyclic Hosts

Autor: Jia‐Rui Wu, Dongxia Li, Gengxin Wu, Meng‐Hao Li, Ying‐Wei Yang
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie. 134
ISSN: 1521-3757
0044-8249
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202210579
Popis: Modulating intermolecular charge-transfer (ICT) interactions between specific donor and acceptor species in host-guest systems is a big challenge and full of research value in supramolecular chemistry and materials science. In this work, a strategy to modulate the supramolecular ICT interactions in the solid state is developed by compressing the binding cavity of a macrocyclic host named perethylated leaning pillar[6]arene (p-EtLP6). The solid-state ICT affinities of p-EtLP6 toward multi-types of electron-deficient planar guests could be significantly enhanced by transforming the macrocyclic backbone from the original para-bridged mode into a hybrid para- and meta-bridged isomeric form (m-EtLP6). X-ray single-crystal structural analyses incorporating theoretical calculation demonstrate that the improved ICT affinities are mainly attributed to the superior host-guest size fit arising from the compressed binding cavity in m-EtLP6 as compared with p-EtLP6.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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