Host-Guest Complexation of Perethylated Pillar[6]arene toward Ferrocene Derivatives Both in Solution and Solid State: Different Binding Modes Induced by Minor Structural Changes of Guests

Zhihua Zhang; Haozhong Liang; Ming Li; Li Shao; Bin Hua

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00152

Host-Guest Complexation of Perethylated Pillar[6]arene toward Ferrocene Derivatives Both in Solution and Solid State: Different Binding Modes Induced by Minor Structural Changes of Guests

Org Lett. 2020 Feb 21;22(4):1552-1556. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00152. Epub 2020 Jan 31.

Authors

Zhihua Zhang¹, Haozhong Liang¹, Ming Li¹, Li Shao¹, Bin Hua¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , P.R. China.

PMID: 32003213
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00152

Abstract

Herein, novel host-guest properties between perethylated pillar[6]arene and four kinds of ferrocene derivatives were fully investigated. NMR titrations, 2D NOESY NMR spectroscopy, and ESI-MS are used to confirm that they indeed formed stable inclusion complexes. Two precious single-crystal structures were obtained and showed that ferrocene derivatives with different chemical structures exhibit different binding modes with perethylated pillar[6]arenes.