bowtiearene

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noun

A macrocycle composed of a fluorophore suspended in a pillararene

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Meanings

bowtiearene1

nounbowtiearene (uncountable)

alternative BowtieArene

  1. uncountablechemistryA macrocycle composed of a fluorophore suspended in a pillararene

    A new fluorescent dual macrocycle, denoted as bowtiearene, was recently reported by Cong and coworkers as a combination of TPE moieties and pillar[5]arene rings

    2020, Lou, Xin‐Yue, and Ying‐Wei Yang, “Aggregation‐induced emission systems involving supramolecular assembly”, in Aggregate, →DOI
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    Here we present BowtieArene, a novel fluorescent dual macrocycle, featuring a central tetraphenylethylene‐derived fluorophore and two pillar‐like, pentagon‐shaped cavities which are comparable to pillar[5]arene.

    2019 December 5, Sheng‐Nan Lei, Xiao Hongyan, Zeng Yi, Tung Chen-Ho, Wu Li-Zhu, Cong Huan, “BowtieArene: A Dual Macrocycle Exhibiting Stimuli‐Responsive Fluorescence”, in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, volume 59, →DOI

    Another example of pillararenes modification with a fluorescent material is the so-called BowtieArene, which consists of a tetraphenylethylene (TPE) fluorophore and two pillar[5]arenes

    2020, Ono, Toshikazu, and Yoshio Hisaeda, “Vapochromism of Organic Crystals Based on Macrocyclic Compounds and Inclusion Complexes”, in Symmetry, volume 12, →DOI, page 1903

    […]new NACs based on pillararene derivatives and other important synthetic macrocycles, such as biphen[3]arene, leaning pillar[6]arene (i.e., leaning tower[6]arene), geminiarene, bowtiearene, cucurbit[6]uril, hybrid[3]arene, and tiara[5]arene have been developed and recently reported.

    2021, Wu, Jia‐Rui, and Ying‐Wei Yang, “Synthetic Macrocycle‐Based Nonporous Adaptive Crystals for Molecular Separation”, in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, volume 60, →DOI

BowtieArene2

nounBowtieArene (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of bowtiearene.

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