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Self‐Assembling Sieves
Author(s) -
Szabo Tomas,
O'Leary Brendan M.,
Rebek, Jr. Julius
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981231)37:24<3410::aid-anie3410>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - monomer , hydrogen bond , template , molecular sieve , molecule , self assembly , solvent , modular design , materials science , polymer science , nanotechnology , chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , polymer , catalysis , computer science , engineering , operating system
A modular strategy has been applied to synthesize large, porous, self‐assembling capsules. The coupling of tricyclic building blocks incorporating glycoluril hydrogen‐bonding units and derivatives of triethylbenzene produces monomers which readily form homo‐ and heterodimeric assemblies (calculated structure is shown). Large guests can be trapped while small solvent molecules flow freely through the pores of the capsules.