Chemical communications | 2021
Mono-mercapto-functionalized pillar[5]arene: a host-guest complexation accelerated reversible redox dimerization.
Abstract
A mono-mercapto-functionalized pillar[5]arene and its dimer, capable of being reversibly interconverted, were successfully synthesized. Fascinatingly, a faster reversible redox conversion involving a dynamic disulfide bond was observed between their host-guest complexes compared with the hosts themselves.