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Six hydrogen-bonded shape-persistent aryl amide macrocycles have been prepared by using one-stepand (for some) step-by-step approaches. From the one-step reactions, 3 + 3, 2 + 2, or even 1 + 1macrocycles were obtained in modest to good yields. The reaction selectivity was highly dependent onthe structures of the precursors. The X-ray structural analysis of two methoxyl-bearing macrocycles revealedintramolecular hydrogen bonding and weak intermolecular stacking interaction; no column-styled stackingstructures were observed. The
1H (DOSY) NMR, UV-vis, and fluorescent experiments indicated thatthe new rigidified macrocycles complex fullerenes or coronene in chloroform thr
ough intermolecular
-stacking interaction. The association constants of the corresponding 1:1 complexes have been determinedif the stacking was able to cause important fluorescent quenching of the macrocycles or coronene.