Hongxin Chai, Zhi-Sheng Pan, Liu-Pan Yang, Shan He, Fangfang Pan, Kari Rissanen and Wei Jiang
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 7768-7771
DOI:
10.1039/C9CC03341F,
Communication
A hybrid macrocycle was synthesized by combining the repeat units in oxatub[4]arene and zorb[4]arene, and its recognition behavior and conformational analysis were studied. Three structurally similar and conformationally adaptive macrocycles show different guest-binding selectivities and preferences even in a complex mixture containing three macrocycles and three guests.