TY - JOUR
T1 - Guest Exchange through Facilitated Transport in a Seemingly Impenetrable Hydrogen-Bonded Framework
AU - Li, Yuantao
AU - Handke, Marcel
AU - Chen, Yu Sheng
AU - Shtukenberg, Alexander G.
AU - Hu, Chunhua T.
AU - Ward, Michael D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/10/10
Y1 - 2018/10/10
N2 - A new inclusion compound consisting of a guanidinium 1,3,5-tri(4-sulfophenyl)benzene (G3TSPHB) host framework containing isophorone guests that surround isolated and seemingly inaccessible pockets was amenable to guest exchange with hexafluorobenzene (HFB) through a single crystal-single crystal transformation (SCSCT). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction of intermediate transformation states, from the parent compound G3TSPHB·(isophorone)3.7·(methanol)5.4 to the final state G3TSPHB·(isophorone)3.1·(HFB)2·(methanol)2, indicated a crystal symmetry change from monoclinic to hexagonal prior to full incorporation of HFB. Optical microscopy during the SCSCT revealed the formation of lamellae, which expanded and then coalesced into a single crystal when the phase transformation was complete. In situ Raman microscopy revealed changes in the orientation of isophorone guests during the transformation that suggested a pathway for HFB entry into the host cavities. The SCSCT occurs more rapidly than expected on the basis of simple diffusion, consistent with facilitated transport along the lamellae interfaces and a reduction in the length scale for guest exchange.
AB - A new inclusion compound consisting of a guanidinium 1,3,5-tri(4-sulfophenyl)benzene (G3TSPHB) host framework containing isophorone guests that surround isolated and seemingly inaccessible pockets was amenable to guest exchange with hexafluorobenzene (HFB) through a single crystal-single crystal transformation (SCSCT). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction of intermediate transformation states, from the parent compound G3TSPHB·(isophorone)3.7·(methanol)5.4 to the final state G3TSPHB·(isophorone)3.1·(HFB)2·(methanol)2, indicated a crystal symmetry change from monoclinic to hexagonal prior to full incorporation of HFB. Optical microscopy during the SCSCT revealed the formation of lamellae, which expanded and then coalesced into a single crystal when the phase transformation was complete. In situ Raman microscopy revealed changes in the orientation of isophorone guests during the transformation that suggested a pathway for HFB entry into the host cavities. The SCSCT occurs more rapidly than expected on the basis of simple diffusion, consistent with facilitated transport along the lamellae interfaces and a reduction in the length scale for guest exchange.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.8b07065
DO - 10.1021/jacs.8b07065
M3 - Article
C2 - 30264567
AN - SCOPUS:85054246135
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 140
SP - 12915
EP - 12921
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 40
ER -