Solvent-Dependent Self-Assembly and Crystal Structures of a Salen-Based Macrocycle

Org Lett. 2017 Apr 7;19(7):1508-1511. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00264. Epub 2017 Mar 14.

Abstract

A salen-based macrocycle possessing adamantane units was constructed from two ethylenediamine and two disubstituted adamantane-bearing salicylaldehyde components. The addition of methanol to a tetrahydrofuran solution of the macrocycle afforded the crystals via hollow spherical and fused aggregates, and X-ray crystallographic analysis showed that the macrocycle had a rhomboidal structure. The use of chloroform instead of methanol gave the crystals of a square-shaped macrocycle without the formation of self-assembled materials.

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