"A 2:1 receptor/C60 complex as a nanosized universal joint" by Michael Yanney, Frank R. Fronczek et al.

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Title

A 2:1 receptor/C60 complex as a nanosized universal joint

Authors

Michael Yanney, Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, MS 39762 (USA). yanneymichael@gmail.com.
Frank R. Fronczek, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (USA).
Andrzej Sygula, Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, MS 39762 (USA). asygula@chemistry.msstate.edu.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-14-2015

Abstract

Buckycatcher II, a C51 H24 hydrocarbon with two corannulene pincers on a dibenzonorbornadiene tether, exhibits an affinity toward C60 in organic solvents that is dramatically higher than the original buckycatcher C60 H28 and other corannulene-based molecular receptors for fullerenes. In addition to the formation of an usual 1:1 C60 @catcher inclusion complex, a trimeric C60 @(catcher)2 assembly is detected in solutions and in the solid state. X-ray structure determination reveals a remarkable "universal joint" solvent-free crystal arrangement of the trimer, with a single fullerene cage wrapped by four corannulene subunits of two cooperating catcher receptors.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

First Page

11153

Last Page

Recommended Citation

Yanney, M., Fronczek, F. R., & Sygula, A. (2015). A 2:1 receptor/C60 complex as a nanosized universal joint. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 54 (38), 11153-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201505327

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