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Abstract Complexation between a viologen radical cation (V.+) and cyclobis(paraquat‐p‐phenylene) diradical dication (CBPQT2(.+)) has been investigated and utilized extensively in the construction of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) and artificial molecular machines (AMMs). The selective recognition of a pair ofV.+using radical‐pairing interactions, however, remains a formidable challenge. Herein, we report the efficient encapsulation of two methyl viologen radical cations (MV.+) in a size‐matched bisradical dicationic host — namely, cyclobis(paraquat‐2,6‐naphthalene)2(.+), i.e.,CBPQN2(.+). Central to this dual recognition process was the choice of 2,6‐bismethylenenaphthalene linkers for incorporation into the bisradical dicationic host. They provide the space between the two bipyridinium radical cations inCBPQN2(.+)suitable for binding twoMV.+with relatively short (3.05–3.25 Å) radical‐pairing distances. The size‐matched bisradical dicationic host was found to exhibit highly selective and cooperative association with the twoMV.+in MeCN at room temperature. The formation of the tetrakisradical tetracationic inclusion complex — namely, [(MV)2⊂CBPQN]4(.+)– in MeCN was confirmed by VT1H NMR, as well as by EPR spectroscopy. The solid‐state superstructure of [(MV)2⊂CBPQN]4(.+)reveals an uneven distribution of the binding distances (3.05, 3.24, 3.05 Å) between the three differentV.+, suggesting that localization of the radical‐pairing interactions has a strong influence on the packing of the twoMV.+inside the bisradical dicationic host. Our findings constitute a rare example of binding two radical guests with high affinity and cooperativity using host‐guest radical‐pairing interactions. Moreover, they open up possibilities of harnessing the tetrakisradical tetracationic inclusion complex as a new, orthogonal and redox‐switchable recognition motif for the construction of MIMs and AMMs.
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On the universal pairing for 2‐complexes
Abstract The universal pairing for manifolds was defined and shown to lack positivity in dimension 4 in [Freedman, Kitaev, Nayak, Slingerland, Walker, and Wang, J. Geom. Topol.9(2005), 2303–2317]. We prove an analogous result for 2‐complexes, and show that the universal pairing does not detect the difference between simple homotopy equivalence and 3‐deformations. The question of whether these two equivalence relations are different for 2‐complexes is the subject of the Andrews–Curtis conjecture. We also discuss the universal pairing for higher dimensional complexes and show that it is not positive.
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- PAR ID:
- 10609748
- Publisher / Repository:
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 9
- ISSN:
- 0024-6093
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 2838-2853
- Size(s):
- p. 2838-2853
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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