Issue 96, 2024

Dual molecular tweezers extending from a nanohoop

Abstract

The field of nanohoops is mature enough that synthetic protocols exists to tune their size, composition (incorporation of heteroaromatic building blocks), connectivity (para versus meta linkages), and solubility in different media (hydrophobic versus hydrophilic). Here, we report an additional dimension incorporating the concept of fullerene tweezers into a nanohoop. The resulting hybrid nanohoop is highly strained at 77 kcal mol−1, possesses a quantum yield of 0.12, emits at 584 nm, and displays a positive cooperative binding for C60 (4K2K1).

Graphical abstract: Dual molecular tweezers extending from a nanohoop

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jul 2024
Accepted
23 Oct 2024
First published
06 Nov 2024

Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 14236-14239

Dual molecular tweezers extending from a nanohoop

M. S. Mirzaei, S. Mirzaei, V. M. Espinoza Castro, C. Lawrence and R. Hernández Sánchez, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 14236 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03196B

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements