Phenylene ethynylene macrocycles and oligomers with three different side-chain linking groups (ester, benzyl ether, and phenyl ether) were synthesized to investigate their tendency to undergo solvent induced π-stacked organization. 1H NMR, UV, and fluorescence spectroscopies were used to probe two types of π-stacked supramolecular organizations: the intramolecular conformational ordering of the oligomers, and the intermolecular ...
