Molecular Acrobatics: Self-Assembly of Calixarene-Porphyrin Cages
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Abstract
Calix[4]arenes equipped with two and four zinc porphyrins have been prepared, and they show remarkable flexibility in their self-assembly properties with the bidentate ligand DABCO. The calix-bisporphyrin forms a 2:2 complex with DABCO, generating a large cavity that has the potential to act as a supramolecular host. The calix-tetraporphyrin, on the other hand, forms four different complexes with DABCO depending on the stoichiometry and concentration. During the course of a titration, all four complexes are populated, leading to large conformational changes and the formation of both intramolecular and intermolecular calix-tetraporphyrin-DABCO sandwich complexes. The system was fully characterized using a combination of UV-visible and (1)H NMR spectroscopy to identify the complexes. At a calix-tetraporphyrin:DABCO ratio of 2:4, the major species is dimeric cage assembly that features a large internal cavity for guest complexation.
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