Crystalline hosts based on the assembly of anthracene and bulky alcoholic groups - Host synthesis, complex formation, and X-ray crystal structures ofseveral inclusion compounds

A series of new clathrate host molecules (1-10) containing two diarylhydrox ymethyl groups attached to different positions (1,5 or 1,8) of a basic anth racene construction unit have been synthesized. Their clathrate formation p roperties with a variety of organic guests, including amines, alcohols, ket ones, and other dipolar aprotic compounds or aromatic hydrocarbons are repo rted (143 examples of clathrates). The inclusion properties and the clathra te stoichiometries depend in a systematic manner on the structure of the ho st molecules. The crystal structures of six selected clathrates of differen t classes of compound have been determined by Xray diffraction.