Cooke Graeme, Garety James F, Hewage Shanika Gunatilaka, Jordan Brian J, Rabani Gouher, Rotello Vincent M, Woisel Patrice
WestCHEM, Department of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, U.K., Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Org Lett. 2007 Feb 1;9(3):481-4. doi: 10.1021/ol062846z.
[reaction: see text] A random copolymer containing 1,5-dialkyloxynaphthalene moieties has been synthesized using atom-transfer radical polymerization. We have shown that this polymer has the ability to form complexes with the tetracationic cyclophane cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) (CBPQT(4+)) and that electrochemical reduction of the cyclophane or the addition of a competing guest for the cavity of the cyclophane results in disassembly of the supramolecular polymer.
