Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Chiral Helical Macrocyclic Scaffolds via Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of 1, 8, 9, 16-Tetraethynyltetraphenylene. …

F Lin, HY Peng, JX Chen, DTW Chik, Z Cai…

Index: Lin, Fang; Peng, Hai-Yan; Chen, Jing-Xing; Chik, David T.W.; Cai, Zongwei; Wong, Keith M.C.; Yam, Vivian W. W.; Wong, Henry N. C. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 46 p. 16383 - 16392

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the synthesis and reactions of enantiopure 1, 8, 9, 16- tetraethynyltetraphenylene (3). We obtained 3 in 34% yield through four steps starting from 1, 8, 9, 16-tetrahydroxytetraphenylene (2a) via a functional group interconversion strategy. On the basis of this chiral “helical” building block, three rigid helical macrocycles 14, 15, and 22 were designed. Complexes 14 and 15 were constructed via coordination-driven self- ...