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Synthesis of Crystalline Molecular Gyrotops and Phenylene Rotation inside the Cage
Phenylene-bridged
macrocage molecules were synthesized as molecular
gyrotops because the rotor can rotate even in a crystal. The chain-length-dependent
properties of the molecular gyrotops were investigated in order to
explore the potential to create new molecular materials. The formation
of the cage in the synthesis of each molecular gyrotop depended on
the length of the alkyl chains of the precursor. The rotation modes
and energy barriers for phenylene rotation inside the crystals of
the molecular gyrotops were changed by varying the chain length of
the cage
Synthesis of Crystalline Molecular Gyrotops and Phenylene Rotation inside the Cage
Phenylene-bridged
macrocage molecules were synthesized as molecular
gyrotops because the rotor can rotate even in a crystal. The chain-length-dependent
properties of the molecular gyrotops were investigated in order to
explore the potential to create new molecular materials. The formation
of the cage in the synthesis of each molecular gyrotop depended on
the length of the alkyl chains of the precursor. The rotation modes
and energy barriers for phenylene rotation inside the crystals of
the molecular gyrotops were changed by varying the chain length of
the cage
Formation of Lanthanide(III)-Containing Metallosupramolecular Arrays Induced by Tris(spiroborate) Twin Bowl
Lanthanide(III)-containing metallosupramolecular
arrays were prepared
in the crystalline state simply by mixing trifluoromethanesulfonate
salts of yttrium(III), lanthanum(III), europium(III), terbium(III),
erbium(III), and ytterbium(III) with a <i>rac</i>-tris(spiroborate)
twin bowl in <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-dimethylformamide
(DMF). In the crystal, the lanthanide(III) ion coordinated to eight
or nine DMF molecules to form spherical tricationic complexes, and
the spiroborate twin bowl iteratively glued the complexes to each
other to form one-dimensional arrays that were unidirectionally packed
in the crystal. In each case, the array structure was stabilized by
many aromatic C–H···π interactions and
C–H···O hydrogen bonds between the twin bowls
and the lanthanide(III) complexes. Among the lanthanide(III) ions,
yttrium(III), terbium(III), erbium(III), and ytterbium(III) gave almost
the same crystal lattice and packing, whereas a different array structure
and crystal packing was observed when lanthanum(III) and europium(III)
were used, probably due to the difference of the ionic radii of the
lanthanide(III) ions