Symmetry-breaking host–guest assembly in a hydrogen-bonded supramolecular system

Self-assembly processes usually yield symmetric compounds. Here, the authors report the distortion of a symmetric hydrogen-bonded resorcin[4]arene cage upon encapsulation of an iridium complex.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Takumi Yamaguchi, Jacopo Tessarolo, Hirotaka Tanaka, Eri Sakuda, Yasuhiro Arikawa, Eric Meggers, Guido H. Clever, Keisuke Umakoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35850-4