Narcissistic Assembly of Homochiral Covalent Organic Cages with Dehydrobenzo[12]Annulene (DBA) Panels

Abstract

Dynamic imine condensations of a trivalent dehydrobenzo[12]annulene (DBA) with (1R,2R)-or (1S,2S)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine (R/S-CDA) yield homochiral [2+3] organic cages through narcissistic self-sorting. This study represents the first successful incorporation of multiple dehydrobenzoannulenes into discrete and chiral supramolecular structures for potential application in catalysis, molecular storage, and optoelectronics.