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Guest Binding via N-H⋅⋅⋅π Bonding and Kinetic Entrapment by an Inorganic Macrocycle.

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Authors

Plajer, Alex J 
Rizzuto, Felix J 
Niu, Hao-Che 
Lee, Sanha 
Goodman, Jonathan M 

Abstract

Modern supramolecular chemistry is overwhelmingly based on non-covalent interactions involving organic architectures. However, the question of what happens when you depart from this area to the supramolecular chemistry of structures based on non-carbon frameworks remains largely unanswered, and is an area that potentially provides new directions in molecular activation, host-guest chemistry, and biomimetic chemistry. In this work, we explore the unusual host-guest chemistry of the pentameric macrocycle [{P(μ-Nt Bu}2 NH]5 with a range of anionic and neutral guests. The polar coordination site of this host promotes new modes of guest encapsulation via hydrogen bonding with the π systems of the unsaturated C≡C and C≡N bonds of acetylenes and nitriles as well as with the PCO- anion. Halide guests can be kinetically locked within the structure by oxidation of the phosphorus periphery by oxidation to PV . Our study underscores the future promise of p-block macrocyclic chemistry.

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Keywords

host-guest chemistry, hydrogen bonding, main-group elements, phosphaethynolates, phosphoranes

Journal Title

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

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Journal ISSN

1433-7851
1521-3773

Volume Title

58

Publisher

Wiley

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