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Synthesis of diamondoid esters for supramolecular self-assembly

Diamondoids are a class of compounds incorporating compact cage structures comprised of carbon atoms that structurally resemble the diamond crystal lattice. Since diamondoids are organic molecules, they are easily derivatized and their functionalized scaffolds find application in medicine, material science, nanotechnology, supramolecular chemistry, etc.[1]. Studyof diamondoid self-organized assemblieshas been of great interest recently as they can be readily applied in material sciences[2]. As part of our investigation dealing with new nanomaterials, we have synthesized noveldiamondoid estersby linkingtwo diamondoid cageswitha carboxyl moiety. We have also prepared literary knownadamantane methyl and tert-butyl esters as probesin the study using scanning tunneling microscopy. Our goal is to elucidate the influence of diamondoid structure on the 2D self-organization behavior on varioussurfaces. The experimental findings will be further supported by computational chemistry toolsin order to gain more insight into the structure –self-assembly relationship.

diamondoid esters ; supramolecular chemistry ; self-assembly ; material science

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