A discrete amphiphilic organoplatinum(II) metallacycle with tunable lower critical solution temperature behavior

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Nov 5;136(44):15497-500. doi: 10.1021/ja5093503. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

Abstract

Oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG)-decorated supramolecular assemblies are distinguished by their neutral character and macroscopic temperature-sensitive phase transition behavior. OEG functionalization is an emerging strategy to obtain thermoresponsive macrocyclic amphiphiles, although known methods organize the hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments by covalent bonding. Coordination-driven self-assembly offers an alternative route for organizing OEG-functionalized precursors into nanoscopic architectures, resulting in well-defined metallacycle cores surrounded by hydrophilic scaffolds to impart overall amphiphilic character. Here a tri(ethylene glycol)-functionalized thermosensitive amphiphilic metallacycle was prepared with high efficiency by means of the directional-bonding approach. The ensembles thus formed showed good lower critical solution temperature behavior with a highly sensitive phase separation and excellent reversibility. Moreover, the clouding point decreased with increasing metallacycle concentration and addition of K(+).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Organoplatinum Compounds / chemistry*
  • Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Temperature*

Substances

  • Organoplatinum Compounds