Abstract
This review summarizes recent work on the chemistry of inclusion complexes formed between redox active guests and cucurbit[n]uril hosts. The large majority of the surveyed research concerns the hosts cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) and cucurbit[8]uril (CB8), while the guests are 4,4'-bipyridinium (viologen) and ferrocene derivatives. The work includes dendronized guests, in which a guest residue is attached to a dendron in such a way that host-guest binding interactions are still possible. The main focus of the review is on the electrochemical behavior of the included guests. In general terms complexation by CB7 has a more pronounced effect on the ferrocene derivatives, giving rise to a measurable attenuation of the electrochemical kinetics. In contrast to this, the electrochemical kinetics of the viologen derivatives remains fast (in the voltammetric time scale, with scan rates up to 2 V s-1) upon inclusion complexation by CB7. The larger cavity host CB8 is extremely effective at mediating the redox-driven self-assembly of dendronized viologens.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 27-38 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Current Organic Chemistry |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 28 2011 |
Keywords
- Cobaltocenium
- Cucurbituril hosts
- Electrochemistry
- Ferrocene
- Host-guest complexes
- Viologen
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry