title: Rational design of BINOL-based diimidazolyl ligands: homochiral channel-like mono-component organic frameworks by hydrogen-bond-directed self-assembly.
abstract: We have developed a synthetic strategy to selectively incorporate the imidazole ring into the 1,1'-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL) skeleton at the different position. The resulting conformationally rigid BINOL-based diimidazolyl ligands bearing both hydrogen-bond-acceptors and -donators can self-assemble into homochiral channel-like mono-component organic frameworks via intermolecular O-H···N hydrogen bonds between the phenolic hydroxyl group and the N2 or N4 atom of the imidazole ring.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Nonmetal Composites and Functional Materials, National Engineering Technology Center for Insulation Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jingbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jingsong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Su