title: Duplexiphane: a polyaromatic receptor containing two adjoined Delta-shaped cavities for an efficient hopping of a single silver cation.
abstract: A simple synthesis of a polyaromatic receptor (i.e., duplexiphane) containing two adjoined Delta-shaped cavities is accomplished via an intramolecular (double) McMurry coupling, and its structure is established by X-ray crystallography. The binding of silver cation to duplexiphane showed that it binds only a single silver cation with significantly higher efficiency (>100 times) than a model compound containing only one pi-prismand-like cavity, and the single silver cation hops intramolecularly between the two adjoined cavities in duplexiphane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
authors.forename: Susanna J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Emond
authors.forename: Paromita
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Debroy
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rathore