Rigid organic nanotubes were prepared from six-membered phenylene-butadiynylene macrocycles through topochemical polymerization in the xerogel state. All six butadiyne units underwent polymerization, thus creating rigid nanotubes with six polydiacetylene chains lying parallel, one relative to each other.

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A new supramolecular host with good affinity toward fullerenes has been developed. This host having a tweezer-like shape is built on a [3]rotaxane scaffold and contains two free-base porphyrin moieties as recognition units for fullerenes. The ability of this tweezer to bind fullerenes strongly depends on the solvent system used and the size of fullerene.

An amide-containing phenylacetylene macrocycle (PAM) has been synthesized and its gelation properties were studied in different solvents. Surprisingly, this macrocycle forms organogels at low concentration in many polar and apolar solvents. XRD and FTIR analysis suggest that this macrocycle forms stable supramolecular assemblies owing to H-bonding. Scanning electron microscopy analyses show the formation of bundles of nanofibrils, demonstrating the long-range organization of this material.

The enantioselective Pd-catalyzed allylation reaction of fluorinated allyl enol carbonates is presented; a key feature of this transformation is the important effect of the ligand-to-palladium ratio on the enantioselectivity of the alpha-fluoroketones, since using a ligand excess (L/Pd ratio = 1.25 : 1) led to moderate results (30-76% ee), while using a L/Pd ratio <1 : 1.67 (to as low as 1 : 4) allowed the desired products to be obtained with high enantiopurity (up to 94% ee).