Three-dimensional supramolecular polymerization based on pillar[n]arenes (n = 5, 6) and halogen bonding interactions

Abstract

Herein we demonstrate that three dimensional supramolecular polymerization networks were constructed both in solution and in the solid state by the combination of pillar[5,6]arene-based host–guest complexes and 1,4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene involving halogen bonding systems.