Ikeda A, Ayabe M, Shinkai S, Sakamoto S, Yamaguchi K
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan, and Chemical Analysis Center, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
Org Lett. 2000 Nov 16;2(23):3707-10. doi: 10.1021/ol006620m.
Novel self-assembled molecular capsules were constructed from two moles of pyridine-containing porphyrin derivatives and four moles of Pd(II) complexes utilizing a pyridine-Pd(II) interaction. The (1)H NMR spectral studies established that these self-assembled molecular capsules 5 and 6 have a highly symmetrical D(4)(h)() structure as well as a large inside cavity. It was shown that molecular capsule 6 can include a large bipyridine guest by a two-point simultaneous pyridine-Zn(II) interaction.
