T
he kinetics and mec
hanism of t
he self-assemblies of
hars/alp
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hars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-cyclodextrin (CD) [2]rotaxanes, [(NC)
5Fe{pyRpy·CD}Fe(CN)
5]
6-, containing pentacyanoferrate(II)-stoppered 4,4'-bis(pyridyl) t
hreads pyRpy (R = -CH=CH-, -N=N-, -CH=N-N=CH-, and -C(CH
3)=N-N=C(CH
3)-)
have been investigated in aqueous solutionby using visible and
1H NMR spectroscopy. T
he rotaxanes may be formed rapidly by t
he addition of t
he[Fe(CN)
5OH
2]
3- ion to t
he CD-included pyRpy t
hread or slowly by t
he addition of an excess of CD to t
he dimeric[(NC)
5Fe(pyRpy)Fe(CN)
5]
6- complex. In t
he latter met
hod, t
he mec
hanism involves a rate-determining dissociationof a [Fe(CN)
5]
3- center to form t
he monomeric complex, w
hic
h subsequently includes t
he coordinated pyRpy int
he CD cavity to yield t
he semirotaxane, w
hic
h is rapidly recomplexed by t
he [Fe(CN)
5OH
2]
3- ion, generatingt
he [2]rotaxane. Rate and activation parameters and CD inclusion stability constants
have been determined fort
he ligand substitution reactions involving t
he formations and dissociations of t
he semirotaxanes and rotaxanes.T
he extents of t
he decreases in t
he formation (
kf) and dissociation (
kd) rate constants upon CD inclusions of t
hefree and coordinated ligands, respectively, are related to t
he natures of t
he CD
hosts and t
he R linkage on t
hepyRpy guests. T
he semirotaxanes and rotaxanes ex
hibit significant bat
hoc
hromic s
hifts in t
heir visible MLCTtransitions compared wit
h t
he corresponding monomeric and dimeric iron complexes. A correlation between t
heextent of t
he decrease in
kd and t
he c
hange in t
he MLCT energy upon
hars/alp
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5L]
3-, w
hereL is an aromatic N-
heterocyclic 4-Rpy or pyRpy ligand,
has been observed.