Dodecaamide cages: organic 12-arm building blocks for supramolecular chemistry.

Jamie L Culshaw, Ge Cheng, Marc Schmidtmann, Tom Hasell, Ming Liu, Dave J Adams, Andrew I Cooper

Index: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 , 10007, (2013)

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Abstract

A simple, one-step amidation reaction is used to produce a range of 12-arm organic building blocks for supramolecular chemistry via the derivatization of porous imine cages. As an example, microporous dendrimers are prepared.