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- Title
Triptycene‐Based Molecular Rods for Langmuir‐Blodgett Monolayers.
- Authors
Kaletová, Eva; Santos Hurtado, Carina; Císařová, Ivana; Teat, Simon J.; Kaleta, Jiří
- Abstract
Herein we introduce fully modular synthesis leading to three representative examples of rigid molecular rods that are intended to form sturdy monolayers on various surfaces. These molecules contain two triptycene units that are designed to interlock into a compact "double‐decker" structure. Two of the three final products provided suitable crystals for X‐ray diffraction (analyzed on synchrotron), allowing deeper insight into packing in the 3‐D crystal lattice. The acidity of all three compounds were determined by capillary electrophoresis, and the pKa values ranged between 2.06‐2.53. All three rigid rods easily formed Langmuir‐Blodgett monolayers (LBMs) on the water‐air interfaces, with the area per molecule equal to 55–59 Å2/molecule, suggesting tight intermolecular packing. The thickness of all three films reached ∼19 Å after transfer to a gold (111) surface, meaning that individual molecules are tilted maximally 38° from the axis perpendicular to the surface. The structure of one of these films on a gold (111) surface was visualized by AFM. These geometrically unique molecules represent promising platforms with a wide scope of applicability in the supramolecular architecture.
- Subjects
MONOMOLECULAR films; CRYSTAL lattices; CAPILLARY electrophoresis; X-ray diffraction; MOLECULES
- Publication
ChemPlusChem, 2022, Vol 87, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2192-6506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cplu.202200023