Morphologies of branched-chain pyrogallol[4]arenes in the solid state

Oleg V. Kulikov, Saeedeh Negin, Nigam Rath, George W. Gokel

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Abstract

A suite of branched-chain pyrogallol[4]arene (Pg) macrocycles, most of which show activity in bilayer membranes, has been prepared and studied by X-ray crystallography. The little-known branched side-chain Pgs include 2-propyl, 2-butyl, 2-pentyl, 3-pentyl, 3-heptyl, 4-heptyl, 5-nonyl and cyclohexyl. The Pgs form self-assembled structures having bilayer, capsule or, in one case, a nanotube morphology. The nanotube structure observed for  C -(di- n -ethyl)pyrogallol[4]arene was confirmed by X-ray structure analysis and by transmission and scanning electron microscopies.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalSupramolecular Chemistry
Volume26
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 5 2014

Keywords

  • X-ray structure
  • bilayer
  • nanocapsule
  • nanotube
  • pyrogallolarene

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry

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