Issue 24, 2019

Self-complementary and narcissistic self-sorting of bis-acridinium tweezers

Abstract

A molecular tweezer incorporating two acridinium moieties linked by a 1,3-dipyridylbenzene spacer was synthesized in three steps. The formation of its self-complementary dimer in water was demonstrated as a result of π–π stacking and hydrophobic interactions. Moreover, a 1 : 1 mixture of this bis-acridinium tweezer with one built on a 2,6-diphenylpyridyl spacer evidenced its narcissistic self-sorting behaviour in water.

Graphical abstract: Self-complementary and narcissistic self-sorting of bis-acridinium tweezers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Apr 2019
Accepted
07 May 2019
First published
07 May 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 8725-8730

Self-complementary and narcissistic self-sorting of bis-acridinium tweezers

H. Jacquot de Rouville, C. Gourlaouen and V. Heitz, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 8725 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01465A

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