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Plastic- and liquid-crystalline architectures from dendritic receptor molecules

Elemans, Johannes A. A. W., Boerakker, Mark J., Holder, Simon J., Rowan, Alan E., Cho, Wook-Dong, Percec, Virgil, Nolte, Roeland J.M. (2002) Plastic- and liquid-crystalline architectures from dendritic receptor molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99 (8). pp. 5093-5098. ISSN 0027-8424. (doi:10.1073/pnas.072018999) (KAR id:2540)

Abstract

Host molecules with U-shaped receptor cavities have been derivatized at their convex side with two n-hydrocarbon tails (1), two first-generation (2), and two second-generation (3) monodendritic hydrocarbon tails. Although hosts 1 and 2 display plastic-crystalline behavior, evidence suggests that host 3 forms a cubic liquid-crystalline phase. In this phase, molecules of 3 are arranged in spherical supramacromolecular assemblies, in which the receptor cavities are situated in the core and the hydrocarbon tails at the periphery. The 1:1 host-guest complex of 3 with methyl 3,5-dihydroxybenzoate forms a similar liquid-crystalline phase, with the guest included in the core of the assemblies.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1073/pnas.072018999
Uncontrolled keywords: RATIONAL DESIGN; DENDRIMERS; COLUMNAR; SHAPE; CLIPS; METALLODENDRIMERS; MACROMOLECULES; RECOGNITION; CONVERGENT; COMPLEXES
Subjects: Q Science
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Simon Holder
Date Deposited: 22 May 2008 09:47 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 09:33 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2540 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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