Open AccessHexamethylcucurbit[3,3]uril-Based Porous Supramolecular Assemblies and Their Adsorption Properties
Author(s) -
Xinxin Wang,
Fei-Yang Tian,
Kai Chen,
YunQian Zhang,
Zhu Tao,
QianJiang Zhu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acs omega
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2470-1343
DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.8b00979
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , adsorption , rhodamine b , fluorophore , pyrene , aqueous solution , hydrogen bond , molecule , porosity , fluorescence , materials science , rhodamine , chemical engineering , chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , physics , photocatalysis , quantum mechanics , engineering , catalysis
In the present work, we selected hexamethylcucurbit[3,3]uril (Me 6 Q[3,3]) as a building block and obtained two Me 6 Q[3,3]-based porous supramolecular assemblies from neutral water ( A ) and aqueous HCl solutions ( B ), respectively. Both Me 6 Q[3,3]-based assemblies are constructed of Me 6 Q[3,3] molecules through the typical outer surface interaction of cucurbit[ n ]urils, as well as hydrogen bonding between latticed water molecules and portal carbonyl oxygens of Me 6 Q[3,3]. The assemblies present different porous structure features and exhibit different adsorption properties for eight common volatile organic compounds. However, the two porous assemblies exhibit similar adsorption properties for certain fluorophore dyes, including rhodamine B ( G1 ), fluorescein ( G2 ), and pyrene ( G3 ), and form solid colored fluorescent compounds, some of which exhibit responses to the selected volatile organic compounds.
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