title: Cyclodextrin-driven movement of cucurbit[7]uril.
abstract: The movement of cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) driven by alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD) is investigated by various experimental techniques including NMR, ESI-MS, UV-vis, and ITC. CB[7] can form stable pseudorotaxanes with N-methyl-N'-octyl-4,4'-bipyridinium (MVO2+) and N,N'-dioctyl-4,4'-bipyridinium (OV2+) dication in aqueous solution. CB[7] shuttles between the octyl and bipyridinium moieties in MVO2+, but docks at one of the octyl moieties in OV2+. The addition of alpha-CD pushes CB[7] from the octyl moiety of MVO2+ or OV2+ to the bipyridinium moiety. Thermodynamically, the movement of CB[7] is mainly driven by exothermic enthalpy changes coming from the complexation of the octyl moiety of MVO2+ or OV2+ with alpha-CD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China. yuliu@nankai.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Heng-Yi
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chun-Ju
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ding