title: Engineering discrete stacks of aromatic molecules.
abstract: Intrigued by transannular interactions occurring in stacked aromatic molecules, chemists have long endeavored to engineer discrete stacks of specific lengths and orientation. The maturation of self-assembly methodologies has shifted the focus away from utilizing covalent scaffolds to harnessing non-covalent interactions such as ionic interactions, hydrogen bonds, metal-ligand interactions, and aromatic interactions. Aromatic molecules often assemble into ill-defined, infinite aggregates and thus multiple self-assembly techniques must be combined to achieve the desired stack size and conformations. This critical review briefly highlights covalent scaffolds of stack aromatics before focusing on modern self-assembly based strategies for engineering discrete stacks of aromatic molecules (149 references).
authors: Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors: Jeremy K
authors: JK
authors: Klosterman
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Yamauchi
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D008670:Metals; D009930:Organic Chemicals; C467767:catenane