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One-Pot, 18-Component Synthesis of an Octahedral Nanocontainer Molecule†

  1. Xuejun Liu,
  2. Yong Liu,
  3. Gina Li,
  4. Ralf Warmuth Dr.

Article first published online: 30 DEC 2005

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200504049

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 45, Issue 6, pages 901–904, January 30, 2006

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Liu, X., Liu, Y., Li, G. and Warmuth, R. (2006), One-Pot, 18-Component Synthesis of an Octahedral Nanocontainer Molecule. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45: 901–904. doi: 10.1002/anie.200504049

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA, Fax: (+1) 732-445-5312

  1. †

    This research is supported by the NSF (grants CHE-0431749 and CHE-0518351). We warmly thank Dr. Seho Kim for assistance with PFG-SE NMR experiments.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 JAN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 30 DEC 2005
  3. Manuscript Received: 15 NOV 2005

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Keywords:

  • cavitands;
  • host–guest systems;
  • multicomponent reactions;
  • supramolecular chemistry
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A whole in one! The octahedral nanocontainer 3 composed of six cavitands 1 that are connected together by 12 diamino bridging units 2 through 24 imine bonds was synthesized in nearly quantitative yield in a one-pot reaction. Molecular mechanics calculations and NMR experiments suggest that this container has a diameter of 3.2 Å and an inner cavity volume of about 1700 Å3.

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