TY - JOUR A1 - Lar, Claudia A1 - Woiczechowski-Pop, Adrian A1 - Bende, Attila A1 - Grosu, Ioana Georgeta A1 - Miklášová, Natalia A1 - Bogdan, Elena A1 - Hădade, Niculina Daniela A1 - Terec, Anamaria A1 - Grosu, Ion T1 - A three-armed cryptand with triazine and pyridine units: synthesis, structure and complexation with polycyclic aromatic compounds JF - Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry PY - 2018/// VL - 14 SP - 1370 EP - 1377 SN - 1860-5397 DO - 10.3762/bjoc.14.115 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Org. Chem. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.14.115 KW - aromatic guests KW - aromatic nucleophilic substitution KW - cryptand KW - NMR titration KW - 1,3,5-triazine N2 - The aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction based synthesis of a three-armed cryptand displaying 2,4,6-triphenyl-1,3,5-triazine units as caps and pyridine rings in the bridges, along with NMR, MS and molecular modelling-based structural analysis of this compound are reported. Appropriate NMR and molecular modelling investigations proved the formation of 1:1 host–guest assemblies between the investigated cryptand and some polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons or their derivatives. ER -