Abstract
This Letter describes a series of [2]rotaxanes featuring a 3,5-diphenylaniline terminus in their dumbbell-shaped component and crown ethers as the macrocyclic component, prepared through imine formation and hydrogen bond—guided self-assembly. Electrochemical studies of these [2]rotaxanes revealed that the oxidation potential of the aniline moiety when positioned within the cavity of a crown ether was shifted negatively relative to that of the corresponding dumbbell-shaped compound, and that a crown ether possessing a small cavity and a large number of aromatic rings had a more negative effect on the oxidation potential of the aniline moiety than did a large-cavity crown ether featuring no aromatic rings. UV experiments showed that absorption band of the rotaxanes bearing small crowns shifted to longer wavelengths as compared to those of the rotaxanes having large crowns.
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