Crystalline Supramolecular Gyroscope with a Water Molecule as an Ultrasmall Polar Rotator Modulated by Charge-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds.
J Am Chem Soc
; 139(24): 8086-8089, 2017 06 21.
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A new strategy for the construction of crystalline molecular rotors is presented. The combination of a conformation-modifiable macrocyclic host and two cooperative guests affords one supramolecular gyroscope-like compound, (t-BuNH3)(18-crown-6)[ZnCl3(H2O)], in which the coordinated water molecule functions as an ultrasmall polar rotator, revealed by its significant dielectric relaxation and the molecular dynamics simulations. In addition, such a compound can reversibly undergo a polar-to-polar phase transition triggered by the changed conformation of the 18-crown-6 host, leading to a switchable on/off rotation of water molecule, well controlled by strength and direction of charge-assisted hydrogen bonds.
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J Am Chem Soc
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