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74 A. Nangia · G.R. Desiraju<br />

and robustness to the result<strong>in</strong>g supramolecular synthon. Multipo<strong>in</strong>t recognition<br />

between the DNA base pairs with Watson-Crick hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g schemes may<br />

be represented as DA:AD for a<strong>de</strong>n<strong>in</strong>e-thym<strong>in</strong>e and DDA:AAD for guan<strong>in</strong>ecytos<strong>in</strong>e<br />

(D=hydrogen bond donor, A=hydrogen bond acceptor). The dist<strong>in</strong>ct<br />

arrays DDA:AAD, DAD:ADA and DDD:AAA <strong>in</strong> three-po<strong>in</strong>t recognition motifs<br />

have been <strong>in</strong>vestigated separately by Zimmerman and Murray [39] and M<strong>in</strong>gos<br />

et al. [40]. The association constant (K assoc) for the complex 36 of the DAD : ADA<br />

type is weak and <strong>in</strong> the 10 2 M –1 range (Scheme 8). The DDA:AAD type complex<br />

37 is more stable with K assoc <strong>in</strong> the 10 4 M –1 range. The DDD:AAA complex 38 was<br />

the tightest exam<strong>in</strong>ed and has K assoc>10 5 M –1 .<br />

Studies on triply hydrogen bon<strong>de</strong>d complexes are of additional <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />

Jorgensen et al. have <strong>in</strong>terpreted the trends <strong>in</strong> the stabilities of these bon<strong>de</strong>d<br />

arrays as aris<strong>in</strong>g from the different arrangement of D and A sites [41]. S<strong>in</strong>ce the<br />

primary hydrogen bonds are similar <strong>in</strong> the three systems, differences <strong>in</strong> association<br />

energies are held to arise from differences <strong>in</strong> secondary electrostatic<br />

<strong>in</strong>teractions. In the DDA:AAD complex there are two attractive and two repulsive<br />

secondary <strong>in</strong>teractions, <strong>in</strong> the DAD:ADA complex all four secondary <strong>in</strong>teractions<br />

are repulsive, while <strong>in</strong> DDD:AAA all four secondary <strong>in</strong>teractions are<br />

attractive. Thus, for similar hydrogen bonds between D and A, the DDD:AAA<br />

complex is expected to be the strongest, the DDA:AAD complex of <strong>in</strong>termediate<br />

stability, and the DAD:ADA complex the weakest. However, cooperativity of<br />

p-effects predicts the opposite trend [39, 40]. The <strong>de</strong>localised p-system is able to<br />

enhance the hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>teraction <strong>in</strong> DDA:AAD and <strong>in</strong> DAD:ADA but<br />

not <strong>in</strong> the DDD:AAA system.<br />

In addition to the function of or<strong>de</strong>red hydrogen bon<strong>de</strong>d arrays <strong>in</strong> the biological<br />

cell [42], the <strong>de</strong>sign of new materials is closely connected with the organised<br />

self-assembly of supramolecular structures [43]. The physical and chemical<br />

properties of molecular aggregates <strong>de</strong>pend on the nature of the constituent<br />

molecules as well as on the manner <strong>in</strong> which the molecules assemble <strong>in</strong> the solid<br />

state. This is because the properties and architectural features of the supramole-<br />

36 37 38<br />

Scheme 8. Donor-acceptor complexes with multi-po<strong>in</strong>t recognition motifs DAD:ADA 36,<br />

DDA:AAD 37 and DDD:AAA 38 (from Zimmerman and Murray [39])

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