Kinetically Trapped Tetrahedral Cages via Alkyne Metathesis

In dynamic covalent synthesis, kinetic traps are perceived as disadvantageous, hindering the system from reaching its thermodynamic equilibrium. Here we present the near-quantitative preparation of tetrahedral cages from simple tritopic precursors using alkyne metathesis. While the cages are the presumed thermodynamic sink, we experimentally demonstrate that the products no longer exchange their vertices once they have formed. The example reported here illustrates that kinetically trapped products may facilitate high yields of complex products from dynamic covalent synthesis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:138

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Chemical Society - 138(2016), 7 vom: 24. Feb., Seite 2182-5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Semin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Moneypenny, Timothy P [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Jeffrey S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 10.08.2016

Date Revised 24.02.2016

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.6b00468

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM257261109