title: Molecular recognition and self-assembly special feature: Dynamic combinatorial synthesis of a catenane based on donor-acceptor interactions in water.
abstract: A new type of neutral donor-acceptor [2]-catenane, containing both complementary units in the same ring was synthesized from a dynamic combinatorial library in water. The yield of the water soluble [2]-catenane is enhanced by increasing either building-block concentrations or ionic strength, or by the addition of an electron-rich template. NMR spectroscopy demonstrates that the template is intercalated between the 2 electron-deficient naphthalenediimide units of the catenane.
authors.affiliation: University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ho Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Au-Yeung
authors.forename: G Dan
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Pantos
authors.forename: Jeremy K M
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; C467767:catenane; D014867:Water