title: Self-assembly of triptycene-based cylindrical macrotricyclic host with dibenzylammonium ions: construction of dendritic [3]pseudorotaxanes.
abstract: [reaction: see text] It was found that a cylindrical macrotricyclic host containing two dibenzo[24]crown-8 cavities could self-assemble with two dibenzylammonium salts to form a stable 1:2 complex in solution and in the solid state, in which multiple hydrogen-bonding and pi-pi stacking interactions between the host and the guest played an important role. Furthermore, a series of dendritic pseudorotaxanes were constructed and structurally studied.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Qian-Shou
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Zong
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chuan-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chen