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Chemistry. 2021 Dec 28; doi: 10.1002/chem.202104102. Epub 2021 Dec 28.

Asymmetric Catalytic Assembly of Triple-Columned and Multiple-Layered Chiral Folding Polymers Showing Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE).

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

Guigen Li, Jia-Yin Wang, Yao Tang, Guan-Zhao Wu, Sai Zhang, Hossein Rouh, Ting Xu, Yu Wang, Daniel Unruh, Kazimierz Surowiec, Yanzhang Ma

Affiliations

  1. Texas Tech University, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Biochemistry, 79409-1061, Lubbock, UNITED STATES.
  2. Nanjing University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA.
  3. Texas Tech University, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UNITED STATES.
  4. Texas Tech University, Chemistry, UNITED STATES.
  5. Texas Tech University, Mechanical Engineering, UNITED STATES.

PMID: 34962686 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104102

Abstract

The first chiral multi-layer 3D folding polymers have been assembled and regulated by both uniformed and differentiated aromatic chromophoric units between naphthyl piers. Screening catalysts, catalytic systems and monomers was proven to be crucial for asymmetric catalytic Suzuki-Miyaura poly-couplings for this assembly. X-ray crystallography of corresponding dimers and trimers revealed the absolute stereochemistry and the intermolecular packing pattern. Up to 61,960 M w /41,900 M n and m / z = 4317 for polymers and oligomers as confirmed by GPC and MALDI-TOF MS indicated that the present frameworks were composed of multiple layers stacked. The resulting multiple π-assemblies exhibited remarkable optical properties in aggregated states (PL in solids and AIE in solutions), as well as reversible redox properties in electrochemical performance.

© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Keywords: Multi-layer folding chirality * multiple-layered chiral polymer * asymmetric catalytic polymerization * Suzuki-Miyaura coupling * aggregation-induced emission (AIE)

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