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US 12,172,964 B2Granted
Tricyclic octacationic cyclophane and its use in complexation with perlene diimide dyes
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsJames Fraser Stoddart, Wenqi Liu
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a tricyclic octacationic cyclophane and complexes comprising the tricyclic octacationic cyclophane and a perylene diimide dye complexed therein and methods of using and making the cyclophane and complexes.
Claims11
A tricyclic octacationic cyclophane or a salt thereof, the cyclophane comprising a roof, a floor, and four pillars, wherein each of the roof and the floor are composed of a biphenyl unit having four pyridinium units extending therefrom and wherein each of the four pyridinium units of the roof are linked to another pyridinium unit of the floor by one of the four pillars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.