title: An extremely stable interwoven supramolecular bundle
abstract: [formula: see text] A tritopic receptor, in which three benzo[24]crown-8 macrorings are fused onto a triphenylene core, forms very strong supramolecular bundle-like complexes in CDCl3/CD3CN solution with trifurcated trications wherein three dibenzylammonium ions are linked to a central benzenoid core. The triply threaded superbundles, one of which has been characterized in the solid state by X-ray crystallography, dissociate completely via doubly and singly threaded intermediates when CD3SOCD3 is added progressively to the CDCl3/CD3CN solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1569, USA.
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fyfe
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Williams