title: Synthesis, structure, and fullerene-complexing property of azacalix[6]aromatics.
abstract: Synthesis, structure, and fullerene-binding property of azacalix[6]aromatics were systematically studied. By means of [3 + 3] and [2 + 2 + 2] fragment coupling protocols, a number of azacalix[6]aromatics containing different combinations of benzene, pyridine, and pyrimidine rings and various substituents on the bridging nitrogen atoms were synthesized conveniently in moderate to good yields. The resulting macrocycles adopt in the solid state symmetric and heavily distorted 1,3,5-alternate conformations depending on the aromatic building units, whereas, in solution, they exist as a mixture of conformers that undergo rapid interchanges relative to the NMR time scale. All macrocycles were able to form 1:1 complexes with C60 and C70 in toluene with the association constants up to 7.28 × 10(4) M(-1). In the crystalline state, azacalix[6]aromatics form complexes with C60 and C70 with 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 stoichiometric ratios between host and guest. Azacalix[6]aromatics interact with fullerene by forming mainly the sandwich structure in which C60 or C70 is sandwiched by two macrocycles. X-ray molecular structures revealed that multiple π-π and CH-π interactions between concave azacalix[6]aromatics and convex fullerenes C60 and C70 contribute a joint driving force to the formation of host-guest complexes.
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: Shi-Xin
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Fa
authors.forename: Li-Xia
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: De-Xian
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Mei-Xiang
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D047250:Calixarenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D047250:Calixarenes; C069837:fullerene C60