College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; Department of Chemistry, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
Abstract:
A hybrid system containing a pillar[5]arene unit and ten crown ether moieties was developed. The LCST behavior and thermo-responsiveness were successfully introduced into this pillar[5]arene-crown ether system. Both host-guest interactions and salting-out effect displayed great effects in realizing the supramolecular control over LCST properties and thermo-responsiveness. Compared with the individual macrocycles, this hybrid macrocycle system dramatically amplified the supramolecular control effect over LCST behavior.