Effect of alkylpyrazinium counterions on the host-guest recognition based on dimethoxypillar[5]arenes

  • Lijing Liu
  • , Lei Guo
  • , Qiuhua Zhao
  • , Yongkui Shan
  • , Xiaojuan Liao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this work, we synthesized n-octylpyrazinium bromide(G-Br) and n-octylpyrazinium hexafluorophosphate(G-PF6) as model guests and studied their host-guest complexation with 1,4-dimethoxypillar[5]arene(DMP5A). Effect of alkylpyrazinium counterions on the host-guest recognition was investigated. Based on the 1H NOESY spectra, the binding site of DMP5A with G-PF6 is the same as that of DMP5A with G-Br. However, G-PF6 forms a stronger complex with DMP5A than G-Br, owing to that hexafluorophosphate forms weaker doubly inonic H-bonds with ammonium cation than bromide ion in chloroform, which leads to some aggregates that could be dissociated with the addition of DMP5A.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)202-206
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Research in Chinese Universities
Volume32
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2016

Keywords

  • Counterion
  • Host-guest recognition
  • Pillararene
  • Supramolecular chemistry

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