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RESEARCH PRODUCT
A Self-Sorting Scheme Based on Tetra-Urea Calix[4]arenes
Fabian KlautzschYuliya RudzevichValentyn RudzevichChristoph A. SchalleyVolker Böhmersubject
Steric effectsbiologyHydrogen bondSupramolecular chemistryGeneral Chemistrybiology.organism_classificationCatalysischemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryCalixarenePolymer chemistryUreaTetraOrganic chemistrySelf-assemblyStoichiometrydescription
Size and shape do matter: When dimerized in nonpolar solvents, an equimolar mixture of eleven tetra-urea calix[4]arenes with different wide-rim substituents self-sorts into only six out of 35 different homo- and heterodimers (see picture). Since the calixarene scaffold and the four urea units are the same in all cases, the self-sorting process is driven only by the cooperative action of steric requirements and stoichiometry.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-04-11 | Angewandte Chemie International Edition |