Hydrocarbon binding inside a hexameric pyrogallol[4]arene capsule.
Pyrogallol[4]arene forms discrete hexameric capsules in neat normal, branched, and cyclic alkanes. These hydrocarbon guests fill the available space and show chemical exchange that is slow on the NMR time scale. [reaction: see text]
Palmer
Liam C
LC
The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Rebek
Julius
J
D047250:Calixarenes / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003516:Cycloparaffins / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011748:Pyrogallol / Q000737:chemistry*
D003516:Cycloparaffins; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D011748:Pyrogallol; D047250:Calixarenes