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Chemical Communications

Self-assembly of a covalent organic cage with exceptionally large and symmetrical interior cavity: the role of entropy of symmetry†

Paweł Skowronek,*a   Beata Warżajtis,b   Urszula Rychlewska*b  and  Jacek Gawrońskia  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
E-mail: Pawel.Skowronek@amu.edu.pl

b Department of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
E-mail: Urszula.Rychlewska@amu.edu.pl

Abstract

An exceptionally large size cuboctahedral imine cage is obtained from small size organic molecules in a thermodynamically driven [8+12] cyclocondensation. This is a demonstration of the role of entropy of symmetry as a driving force in reversible reactions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC39098E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Dec 2012
Accepted
06 Feb 2013
First published
07 Feb 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2524-2526

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Self-assembly of a covalent organic cage with exceptionally large and symmetrical interior cavity: the role of entropy of symmetry

P. Skowronek, B. Warżajtis, U. Rychlewska and J. Gawroński, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2524 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39098E

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