title: Cationic shape-persistent macrocycles: the unexpected formation of a nano-size supramolecular dimer.
abstract: Shape-persistent macrocycles with a rigid pyridyl core and a flexible oligo-alkyl corona aggregate to some extent in nonpolar solvents to form large (tubular) aggregates. To increase the assembling tendency, the intraannular pyridyl groups of the macrocycles were alkylated. Unexpectedly, the quarternized macrocycles show no tendency at all to form tubular micellar-like structures but form well-defined dimers, as determined by X-ray and dynamic light scattering.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Universität Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. 18, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klyatskaya
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dingenouts
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosenauer
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Sigurd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Höger