Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 14;47(6):1674-88. doi: 10.1039/c0cc04852f. Epub 2011 Jan 6.
The development of new classes of macrocyclic hosts has always been one of the most important topics in supramolecular chemistry. During the past several years, based on the triptycene with unique three-dimensional rigid structure, several different kinds of novel triptycene-derived hosts including triptycene-derived cylindrical macrotricyclic polyether, triptycene-derived tris(crown ether)s, triptycene-derived molecular tweezers, triptycene-derived calixarenes, triptycene-derived heterocalixarenes, triptycene-derived tetralactam macrocycles and molecular cage have been designed and synthesized. Then, by exploring the applications of some of the triptycene derived hosts in molecular recognition and molecular assemblies, a series of new supramolecular systems with specific structures and properties have been developed. This feature article highlights our recent advances in the synthesis of triptycene-derived hosts and their applications in supramolecular chemistry.
新型大环主体的开发一直是超分子化学中最重要的课题之一。在过去的几年中，基于具有独特三维刚性结构的三并苯，设计和合成了几种不同类型的新型三并苯衍生主体，包括三并苯衍生的柱状大环聚醚、三并苯衍生的三冠醚、三并苯衍生的分子钳、三并苯衍生的杯芳烃、三并苯衍生的杂杯芳烃、三并苯衍生的四内酰胺大环和分子笼。然后，通过探索一些三并苯衍生主体在分子识别和分子组装中的应用，开发了一系列具有特定结构和性质的新型超分子体系。本文重点介绍了我们在三并苯衍生主体的合成及其在超分子化学中的应用方面的最新进展。
