A self-assembling molecular container for fullerenes

✍ Scribed by Manabu Yanase; Takeharu Haino; Yoshimasa Fukazawa

• Book ID: 104261051
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 216 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(99)00257-9

✦ Synopsis

Encapsulation of C60 by a self-assembled supramolecular capsule based on a calix[5]arene urea derivative is described. Release of the entrapped fullerene from the ternary complex can be easily managed by the addition of a protic acid. Two pathways to give the supramolecular ternary complex are analyzed successfully.