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A Triphasic Sorting System: Coordination Cages in Ionic Liquids.


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Authors

Grommet, Angela B 
Bolliger, Jeanne L 
Browne, Colm 
Nitschke, Jonathan R 

Abstract

Host-guest chemistry is usually carried out in either water or organic solvents. To investigate the utility of alternative solvents, three different coordination cages were dissolved in neat ionic liquids. By using (19) F NMR spectroscopy to monitor the presence of free and bound guest molecules, all three cages were demonstrated to be stable and capable of encapsulating guests in ionic solution. Different cages were found to preferentially dissolve in different phases, allowing for the design of a triphasic sorting system. Within this system, three coordination cages, namely Fe4 L6 2, Fe8 L12 3, and Fe4 L4 4, each segregated into a distinct layer. Upon the addition of a mixture of three different guests, each cage (in each separate layer) selectively bound its preferred guest.

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Keywords

coordination cages, encapsulation, host-guest systems, ionic liquid, supramolecular chemistry

Journal Title

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

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Journal ISSN

1433-7851
1521-3773

Volume Title

54

Publisher

Wiley
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K039520/1)
European Research Council (259352)
This work was supported by the European Research Council (259352). We also thank the Cambridge Chemistry NMR service for experimental assistance.