title: Self-assembled interwoven cages from triptycene-derived bis-macrotricyclic polyether and multiple branched paraquat-derived subunits.
abstract: On the basis of formation of a 1:2 complex between the triptycene-derived bis-macrotricyclic polyether and the paraquat derivative, two novel well-defined interwoven supramolecular cages were constructed by the [3 + 2] and [4 + 2] self-assembly of the polyether and trifurcated and cross paraquat-derived subunits under millimolar concentrations, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Jia-Bin
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Chuan-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chen