Intermolecular axial solvation of bound cations by sidearm donor groups in lariat ethers: Formation of a supramolecular network

Antonio Garrido Montalban, Efstathia G. Sakellariou, Eric Riguet, Quentin J. McCubbin, Anthony G.M. Barrett, Brian M. Hoffman

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Abstract

Previously studied disubstituted 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 derivatives, R < N18N > R, in which the substituents were cyanomethyl or propargyl did not show intramolecular, lariat-type cation solvation. The ring-bound cation in the propargyl derivative is solvated by the six macroring heteroatoms and apically by a bifurcated interaction of the type F···K+···F. In contrast, when the sidearm is cyanoethyl, an extended intermolecular network forms when the bound cation is either Na+ or K+.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)121-126
Number of pages6
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume317
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 28 2001

Funding

We thank the NIH (GM-36262) and the NSF (CHE-9805840) for grants that supported this work.

Keywords

  • Aza macrocycles
  • Crown ethers
  • Supramolecular network

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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