Alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic pockets in the channel structures of organostannoxane prismanes: preferential confinement of guest molecules

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar; Pakkirisamy Thilagar; James F Bickley; Alexander Steiner

doi:10.1021/ja052776b

Alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic pockets in the channel structures of organostannoxane prismanes: preferential confinement of guest molecules

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Aug 24;127(33):11556-7. doi: 10.1021/ja052776b.

Authors

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar¹, Pakkirisamy Thilagar, James F Bickley, Alexander Steiner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208 016, India. [email protected]

PMID: 16104704
DOI: 10.1021/ja052776b

Abstract

A hydroxyl-rich hexameric organooxotin prismane has been prepared by reaction of n-BuSn(O)OH with 9-hydroxy-9-fluorenecarboxylic acid. The supramolecular structure of this cage shows channels with hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments, which selectively entrap guest molecules.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Crystallography, X-Ray
Hydrogen Bonding
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Tin / chemistry*

Substances

Organometallic Compounds
Tin