Template synthesis of molecularly well-defined surface modified with nano-rods

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K22199
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 34:Inorganic/coordination chemistry, analytical chemistry, and related fields
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Kentaro 名古屋大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (40281589)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-06-28 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 分子ナノチューブ / 大環状化合物 / 金属錯体 / 分子間相互作用 / 分子組織 / ナノ空間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Discrete and shape-persistent molecular nanotubes have great potential to be molecular recognition sites, molecular transporters, and nano reactors. In this study, we developed molecular nanotubes which have unique nanospaces to be template for chemical reactions and ｏｒｇａｎｉｚｅd the tubes parallelly to construct novel chemical nanospaces. Macrocyclic molecules were used as the components of the nanotubes and organized through molecular interactions such as metal complexation and p-p interaction. We found that the nanotube was oriented parallelly in a crystal. The obtained nanospace is chiral and anisotropic, and has potential to be a unique molecular container or a template for synthesis of nanorods.

Free Research Field

分子組織化学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、化学的構造が明確な大環状化合物から、分子間相互作用を利用して、階層的に分子ナノチューブを作る方法論を構築した。この分子ナノチューブは、ディスクリートかつ一義的なサイズや形状を持つため、新しい化学反応、特に一義的な物質合成のためのテンプレートを作る上で有用である。