Synthesis 2025; 57(23): 3579-3586
DOI: 10.1055/a-2688-5421
Paper
Published as part of the Special Topic Romanian Chemists in Synthesis

“ExBoxes” with Fluorene and Carbazole Units. Synthesis, Structure Determination, and Formation of Host–Guest Complexes

Autor*innen

  • Lidia Căta

    1   Babes-Bolyai University,11 Arany Janos Str., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Ringgold ID: RIN428629)
  • Ioan Stroia

    1   Babes-Bolyai University,11 Arany Janos Str., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Ringgold ID: RIN428629)
    2   Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, Institut Européen des Membranes − ENSCM-UMII-CNRS 5635, PlaceEugène Bataillon, CC 047, F-34095 Cedex 5 Montpellier, France (Ringgold ID: RIN27037)
  • Cyril Nicolay

    1   Babes-Bolyai University,11 Arany Janos Str., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Ringgold ID: RIN428629)
  • Niculina Daniela Hādade

    1   Babes-Bolyai University,11 Arany Janos Str., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Ringgold ID: RIN428629)
  • Anamaria Terec

    1   Babes-Bolyai University,11 Arany Janos Str., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Ringgold ID: RIN428629)
  • Mihail Barboiu

    2   Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, Institut Européen des Membranes − ENSCM-UMII-CNRS 5635, PlaceEugène Bataillon, CC 047, F-34095 Cedex 5 Montpellier, France (Ringgold ID: RIN27037)
  • Ion Grosu

    1   Babes-Bolyai University,11 Arany Janos Str., 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Ringgold ID: RIN428629)

Gefördert durch: NextGenerationEU PNRR-C9-I8-CF16/2022
This work was financially supported by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS-UEFISCDI, project COFUND-M-ERANET-3-COFFEE-317 and by the project “EVOLUTION” funded by European Union – Next Generation EU and the Romanian Government, under National Recovery and Resilience Plan for Romania, contract no 760033/23.05.2023, code PNRR-C9-I8-CF16/2022, through the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, within Component 9, Investment I8.


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Dedication

Dedicated to Academician Marius Andruh on the occasion of his 70th anniversary.

Abstract

The synthesis and the structural characterization of two new extended “boxes” exhibiting carbazole or fluorene units are reported. The ability of these tetracationic host molecules to form complexes with electron-rich guests was evaluated by computational methods and investigated by NMR and MS experiments.



Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 02. Juni 2025

Angenommen nach Revision: 21. August 2025

Accepted Manuscript online:
21. August 2025

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
02. Oktober 2025

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