Issue 18, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Directed flexibility: self-assembly of a supramolecular tetrahedron†

James M. Ludlow III,a   Tingzheng Xie,a   Zaihong Guo,b   Kai Guo,a   Mary Jane Saunders,c   Charles N. Moorefield,d   Chrys Wesdemiotis*ab  and  George R. Newkome*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4717, USA
E-mail: wesdemi@uakron.edu, newkome@aukron.edu

b Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4717, USA

c Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA

d The Maurice Morton Institute for Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4717, USA
Tel: +330-972-6458

Abstract

Self-assembly of a tribenzo-27-crown-9 ether functionalized with six terpyridines generated (85%) an expanded tetrahedral structure comprised of four independent triangular surfaces interlinked by crown ether vertices.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC10044A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Dec 2014
Accepted
28 Jan 2015
First published
28 Jan 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 3820-3823

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Directed flexibility: self-assembly of a supramolecular tetrahedron

J. M. Ludlow III, T. Xie, Z. Guo, K. Guo, M. J. Saunders, C. N. Moorefield, C. Wesdemiotis and G. R. Newkome, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 3820 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC10044A

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