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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Binding of water and solvent molecules in a 25-membered-ring host compound

Fritz VögtleMartin NiegerKari RissanenG. Brodesser

subject

Solventchemistry.chemical_compoundStructure analysisChemistryStereochemistryPolymer chemistryPyridineMoleculeGeneral ChemistryRing (chemistry)

description

The macrocyclic 15- and 25-membered-ring pyridine oligomers 1 and 2 containing three and five methoxy substituents in the 4-position of the pyridine rings were prepared by Muller-Roscheisen cyclization and then isolated by chromatography. They are attractive as synthetic endobasic receptor molecules. X-ray structure analysis exhibits the inclusion of hydrogen-bonded solvent molecules (water and trichloromethane) inside the pentameric macrocycle 2.

https://doi.org/10.1002/recl.19931120603