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anion modules. Similarly, the solid state of 1a 3-20 TBA forms
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a lamellar structure with c = 4.64 nm, in comparison with the
broad peaks of 1a 3-16 TBA and 1a 3-18 TBA. On the other
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tical data, anion-binding properties, a CIF file for the X-ray
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hand, mesophases of 1a 3-n TBA and 1b 3-n TBA (n = 16,
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18, 20) exhibited complicated and relatively sharp XRD pat-
terns, which were presumably derived from soft crystals as
significantly ordered states of liquid crystals.6b,14 Although the
exact packing structures cannot be determined at present,
mesophases are basically constructed by lamellar and related
structures in highly ordered modes as can be speculated from
the patterns obtained from the solid states. Among various
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conditions and combinations of receptors and modules, 1a 3-
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16 TBA at 93 °C and 1a 3-18 TBA at 90 °C during the
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second heating exhibit lamellar structures with c = 5.53 and
5.89 nm, respectively. Further, diffractions possibly assignable
to repeated distances of charge-by-charge assemblies (ca. 7À8
Å) were also observed, for example, at 7.61 and 7.49 Å at 53 and
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This work was supported by PRESTO/JST (2007À2011),
Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (No. 21750155) and (A)
(No. 23685032) from the MEXT and Ritsumeikan R-GIRO
project (2008À2013). The authors thank Prof. Atsuhiro Osuka,
Dr. Naoki Aatani, and Mr. Eiji Tsurumaki, Kyoto University, and
Dr. Yohei Haketa, Ritsumeikan University, for single-crystal
X-ray analysis; Prof. Hiroshi Shinokubo and Dr. Satoru Hiroto
(Nagoya University) for ESI-MS measurements; Prof. Sono
Sasaki (Kyoto Institute of Technology at present) and Dr.
Noboru Ohta, JASRII/SPring-8, for synchrotron XRD analyses;
and Prof. Tomonori Hanasaki and Prof. Hitoshi Tamiaki,
Ritsumeikan University, for various measurements.
93 °C, respectively, for 1a 3-16 TBA and at 7.68 and 7.62 Å at
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70 and 90 °C, respectively, for 1a 3-18 TBA during the second
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heating. This suggests that the interaction between the anionic
planes of the receptorÀanion-module complex and the TBA
cations is weak but contributes to the construction of assembled
structures.
Ordered assembled structures, as observed in the recep-
torÀanion-module complexes, are suitable for use as charge-
conductive materials. Therefore, we conducted flash-photolysis
time-resolved microwave conductivity (FP-TRMC) measurements,15
which allow the estimation of the behavior of mobile charge
carriers. ReceptorÀanion-module complexes 1a 3-16 TBA and
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