Peripheral Control of the Assembly and Chirality of Anion-Based Octanuclear Cubes by Cation-π Networks

Self-assembly of sophisticated polyhedral cages has drawn much attention because of their elaborate structures and potential applications. Herein, we report the anion-coordination-driven assembly of the first A8L12 (A = anion, L = ligand) octanuclear cubic structures from phosphate anion and p-xylylene-spaced bis-bis(urea) ligands via peripheral templating of countercations (TEA+ or TPA+). By attaching terminal aryl rings (phenyl or naphthyl) to the ligand through a flexible (methylene) linker, these aryls actively participate in the formation of plenty of "aromatic pockets" for guest cation binding. As a result, multiple peripheral guests (up to 22) of suitable size are bound on the faces and vertices of the cube, forming a network of cation-π interactions to stabilize the cube structure. More interestingly, when chiral ligands were used, either diastereomers of mixed Λ- and Δ-configurations (with TEA+ countercation) for the phosphate coordination centers or enantiopure cubes (with TPA+) were formed. Thus, the assembly and chirality of the cube can be modulated by remote terminal groups and peripheral templating tetraalkylammonium cations.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 146(2024), 15 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 10908-10916

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Englisch

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Liang, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Su, Pingru [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Boyang [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Hongwei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yiyang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaopeng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiao-Juan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Biao [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 17.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/jacs.4c01747

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NLM370685644