Supramolecular Reactor from Self-Assembly of Rod−Coil Molecule in Aqueous Environment

We synthesized an amphiphilic coil−rod−coil triblock molecule consisting of hexa-p-phenylene as a rod block and poly(ethylene oxide) with the number of repeating units of 17 as coil blocks and investigated aggregation behavior in aqueous environment. The rod−coil molecule was observed to aggregate i...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004-07, Vol.126 (26), p.8082-8083
Main Authors: Lee, Myongsoo, Jang, Cheong-Jin, Ryu, Ja-Hyoung
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
Properties and characterization
Structure, morphology and analysis
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Summary:We synthesized an amphiphilic coil−rod−coil triblock molecule consisting of hexa-p-phenylene as a rod block and poly(ethylene oxide) with the number of repeating units of 17 as coil blocks and investigated aggregation behavior in aqueous environment. The rod−coil molecule was observed to aggregate into discrete micelles consisting of hydrophobic disklike rod bundles encapsulated by hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) coils. The aromatic bundles of the micelles were demonstrated to be used as an efficient supramolecular reactor for the room temperature Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of a wide range of aryl halides, including even aryl chlorides with phenylboronic acids in aqueous environment. These results demonstrate that self-assembly of amphiphilic rod−coil molecules can provide a useful strategy to construct an efficient supramolecular reactor for aromatic coupling reaction.
ISSN:0002-7863
1520-5126
DOI:10.1021/ja048264z