title: Alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic pockets in the channel structures of organostannoxane prismanes: preferential confinement of guest molecules.
abstract: A hydroxyl-rich hexameric organooxotin prismane has been prepared by reaction of n-BuSn(O)OH with 9-hydroxy-9-fluorenecarboxylic acid. The supramolecular structure of this cage shows channels with hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments, which selectively entrap guest molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208 016, India. vc@iitk.ac.in
authors.forename: Vadapalli
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chandrasekhar
authors.forename: Pakkirisamy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thilagar
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bickley
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D014001:Tin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014001:Tin