Title
Binary twinned-icosahedral [B21H18]- interacts with cyclodextrins as a precedent for its complexation with other organic motifs
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Eyrilmez S.M.
Bernhardt E.
Lepšík M.
Hobza P.
Assaf K.I.
Nau W.M.
Holub J.
Oliva-Enrich J.M.
Fanfrlík J.
Hnyk D.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Publisher(s)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract
The weakly coordinating binary macropolyhedral anion closo,closo-[B21H18]- (B21; D3h symmetry) has been synthesized using a simplified strategy compared to that in the literature. While gas-phase complexes of B21 with β- and γ-cyclodextrin (CD) were detected using ESI FT-ICR spectrometric measurements, α-CD did not bind to the B21 guest. This spectroscopic evidence has been interpreted using quantum-chemical computations, showing that β- and γ-CD are able to interact with B21 due to their larger cavities, in contrast to the smaller α-CD. The hydridic B-H vectors of the B21 anion interact with K+ counterions and, via dihydrogen bonding, also with the partially positively charged hydrogens of the CD sugar units in the modeled β- and γ-CD complexes. In summary, it has been shown by combined spectrometric/computational analysis that macropolyhedral boron hydride anions with two counterions can form stable complexes with β- and γ-CD in the gas phase, offering a new perspective for the future investigation of this remarkable anion in the areas of supramolecular and medicinal chemistries.
Start page
11748
End page
11752
Volume
19
Issue
19
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85024487360
PubMed ID
Source
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
ISSN of the container
14639076
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