Concyclic CH-π arrays for single-axis rotations of a bowl in a tube

The weak and directional CH-π hydrogen bond has rarely been exploited in the design of supramolecular complexes and molecular machinery. Here, the authors construct a bowl-in-tube complex stabilized solely by concyclic CH-π hydrogen bonds, and show that the guest exhibits single-axis rotational moti...

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Main Authors: Taisuke Matsuno, Masahiro Fujita, Kengo Fukunaga, Sota Sato, Hiroyuki Isobe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06270-6