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. 2022 Dec 1;15(3):413–423. doi: 10.1038/s41557-022-01094-w

Fig. 1. Synthesis and characterization of chiral OH-cube.

Fig. 1

a, Schematic representation of the acid-catalysed 24-fold imine condensation of chiral triamino-TBTQ 1 and 2,5-dihydroxy-terephthalaldehyde 2 to OH-cube. Note that the alkyl substituents of TBTQ are omitted from the cubic structure of OH-cube for clarity. Reactants and cube are also drawn as cartoons. Red balls represent the TBTQ units and blue struts the aldehyde or imine linker units. b, 1H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CD2Cl2, r.t.) of pure OH-cube. For assignment, see atom labels in the molecular structure of OH-cube in a and Supplementary Information, section 2. c, MALDI–TOF mass spectrum (DCTB) of pure OH-cube. Inset: comparison of measured and calculated isotopic patterns for OH-cube.