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US 11,142,500 B2Granted
Nanohoop compound embodiments comprising meta-substitution and molecular systems comprising the same
AssigneeUniversity of Oregon
InventorsRamesh Jasti, Jeff Van Raden
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of nanohoop compounds, methods of making, and methods of using the same. The nanohoop compounds disclosed herein have discrete ring system(s) that comprise a unique meta-substituted motif that affords a strained cavity in which myriad reaction chemistries can take place. The unique structures and properties of the nanohoop compounds disclosed herein also lend to their use in a variety of biological applications, and as interlocked structures in molecular machines.
Claims14
A nanohoop compound, having a structure satisfying Formula 1
- wherein
- each RS ring independently has a structure satisfying Formula II
- wherein at least one X is N, P, or C-CFG, wherein CFG is a coordinating functional group;
- each other X independently is C or C(R1) where R1 is selected from an electron-accepting group or an electron-donating group;
- and
- r and t independently are 0 or 1;
- each A and A′ ring independently is an aromatic ring;
- each R independently is selected from hydrogen, an electron-donating group, an electron-accepting group, or any combinations thereof;
- m is an integer selected from 1 to 4;
- m′ is an integer selected from 0 to 4;
- each s and s′ independently is an integer selected from 0 to 4;
- each n and n′ independently is an integer selected from 0 to 24;
- and
- p is an integer selected from 1 to 20.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.