title: Molecularly Defined Nanostructures Based on a Novel AAA-DDD Triple Hydrogen-Bonding Motif.
abstract: A facile and flexible method for the synthesis of a new AAA-DDD triple hydrogen-bonding motif is described. Polytopic supramolecular building blocks with precisely oriented AAA and DDD groups are thus accessible in few steps. These building blocks were used for the assembly of large macrocycles featuring four AAA-DDD interactions and a macrobicyclic complex with a total of six AAA-DDD interactions.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papmeyer
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Clément A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Vuilleumier
authors.affiliation: Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, 6928, Manno, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Giovanni M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Pavan
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Konstantin O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Zhurov
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland. kay.severin@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Kay
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-7234
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Severin
keywords: hydrogen bonding; macrocycles; self-assembly; supramolecular cages; supramolecular chemistry