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Tunable Molecular Assembly Codes Direct Reaction Pathways
Author(s) -
Shaller Andrew D.,
Wang Wei,
Gan Haiyang,
Li Alexander D. Q.
Publication year - 2008
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/anie.200802606
Subject(s) - planarity testing , stacking , monomer , computer science , twist , set (abstract data type) , chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , polymer , crystallography , mathematics , organic chemistry , geometry , programming language
In the twist : The extent of twisting from planarity in a series of perylenetetracarboxylic diimides (PDIs) modulates the attractive π–π stacking force, revealing an array of inherent molecular recognition codes. Such coded self‐assembly directs specific reaction pathways so that a mixture of reactive monomers with different codes results in identical products as when the reactions were carried out in separate flasks (see picture).