Solvent-induced amphiphilic molecular baskets: Unimolecular reversed micelles with different size, shape, and flexibility

EH Ryu, J Yan, Z Zhong, Y Zhao

Index: Ryu, Eui-Hyun; Yan, Jie; Zhong, Zhenqi; Zhao, Yan Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 71, # 19 p. 7205 - 7213

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Abstract

Amphiphilic molecular baskets were obtained by attaching facially amphiphilic cholate groups to a covalent scaffold (calix [4] arene or 1, 3, 5-2, 4, 6-hexasubstituted benzene). In a solvent mixture consisting of mostly a nonpolar solvent (ie, CCl4) and a polar solvent (ie, DMSO), the hydrophilic faces of cholates turned inward to form a reversed-micelle-like conformer whose stability was strongly influenced by the number of the cholates and the ...