A planar tritopic 120° ammonium salt—1,3,5-tri(4-aminophenyl)benzene hydrochloride—was synthesized. Each of the three protonated amine moieties can bind with one of the carbonyl portals of a cucurbit[5]uril analogue (Me10TD[5]) in water,… Click to show full abstract
A planar tritopic 120° ammonium salt—1,3,5-tri(4-aminophenyl)benzene hydrochloride—was synthesized. Each of the three protonated amine moieties can bind with one of the carbonyl portals of a cucurbit[5]uril analogue (Me10TD[5]) in water, as proven by ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis), fluorescence emission, and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Such self-assembling behavior resulted in formation of a supramolecular hexagonal network, as confirmed by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).Graphical abstract
               
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