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Synthesis and Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Cavity-Containing Facial Amphiphiles
Elemans, Johannes A. A. W.,Slangen, Ralf R. J.,Rowan, Alan E.,Nolte, Roeland J. M.
, p. 9040 - 9049 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis and aggregation behavior of cavity-containing facial amphiphiles is described. The molecules consist of a glycoluril-based rigid cavity functionalized with two water-soluble benzoate groups. By specific molecular recognition processes in water, the amphiphilic hosts self-assemble in a hierarchical process to form arrays of molecules. Depending on the counterions, these arrays can be assembled into well-defined aggregates of mesoscopic size. The size and shape of the aggregates can be tuned by variations in the size and substitution pattern of the cavities of the host molecules.
