Publications

2005

Gong, Jiachang, and Bruce C. Gibb. 2005. “A New Macrocycle Demonstrates Ditopic Recognition Properties”. Chem. Commun., 1393-95. https://doi.org/10.1039/B414923H.

Publisher's Version

The synthesis and binding properties of a new macrocycle is reported. The host, comprised of three basic pyridines, four hydrogen bond accepting carbonyls, and two hydrogen bond donating amide groups, binds mono-alkyl ammonium salts in a manner that is dependent on the counter-ion of the ammonium guest.

Gong, Jiachang, and Bruce C. Gibb. 2005. “Polyfunctionalized Macrocycles Demonstrate Enantioselective and Ditopic Binding Properties”. Chem. Commun., 3319-21. https://doi.org/10.1039/B501774B.

Publisher's Version

A pair of enantioselective, ditopic macrocycles is described; the receptors bind chiral ammonium cations in a manner that depends on the stereochemistry of the cation as well as the nature of its counter anion.

Kaanumalle, Lakshmi S., Corinne L. D. Gibb, Bruce C. Gibb, and V. Ramamurthy. 2005. “A Hydrophobic Nanocapsule Controls the Photophysics of Aromatic Molecules by Suppressing Their Favored Solution Pathways”. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127 (11): 3674-75. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0425381.

Publisher's Version

A combination of hydrophobic forces and guest templation drive the assembly of cavitands into molecular capsules. Remarkably, anthracene that dimerizes with unit efficiency in solution does not dimerize within the capsule despite forming 2:2 complex. The capsule allows an unprecedented examination of the anthracene excimer.

Publications by Year: 2005

2005