Surveying macrocyclic chemistry: from flexible crown ethers to rigid cyclophanes

Z Liu, SKM Nalluri, JF Stoddart - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Macrocycles are molecular entities that display a combination of molecular recognition and
complexation properties with vital implications for host–guest/supramolecular chemistry …

Controlling supramolecular chirality in multicomponent self-assembled systems

P Xing, Y Zhao - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Chirality exists as a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature, from molecular level l-
amino acids, d-sugar, secondary structures of proteins, DNA, RNA, and nanoscale helices to …

Double helical π-aggregate nanoarchitectonics for amplified circularly polarized luminescence

Y Wang, D Niu, G Ouyang, M Liu - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The canonical double helical π-stacked array of base pairs within DNA interior has inspired
the interest in supramolecular double helical architectures with advanced electronic …

Assembly of mesoscale helices with near-unity enantiomeric excess and light-matter interactions for chiral semiconductors

W Feng, JY Kim, X Wang, HA Calcaterra, Z Qu… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Semiconductors with chiral geometries at the nanoscale and mesoscale provide a rich
materials platform for polarization optics, photocatalysis, and biomimetics. Unlike metallic …

Multi‐Modal Chiral Superstructures in Self‐Assembled Anthracene‐Terminal Amino Acids with Predictable and Adjustable Chiroptical Activities and Color Evolution

Z Wang, Y Li, A Hao, P Xing - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Deep understanding of structure–property relationship between packing of chiral building
units and their chiroptical behaviors would significantly facilitate the rational design and …

Spontaneous resolution of racemic cage-catenanes via diastereomeric enrichment at the molecular level and subsequent narcissistic self-sorting at the …

P Li, Z Sun, J Chen, Y Zuo, C Yu, X Liu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The spontaneous resolution of racemates, from natural compounds to artificial structures,
has long been pursued to shed light on the origin of homochirality in life. Even though …

Discrete dimers of redox-active and fluorescent perylene diimide-based rigid isosceles triangles in the solid state

SK Mohan Nalluri, J Zhou, T Cheng, Z Liu… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of rigid covalent chiroptical organic materials, with multiple, readily
available redox states, which exhibit high photoluminescence, is of particular importance in …

Self‐Assembly of Macrocyclic Triangles into Helicity‐Opposite Nanotwists by Competitive Planar over Point Chirality

W Shang, X Zhu, Y Jiang, J Cui, K Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While helix has elegant biomimetic structures and functionalities, it still remains a big
question how the nanoscale helicity evolved from the molecular chiral building blocks …

Polycationic Open‐Shell Cyclophanes: Synthesis of Electron‐Rich Chiral Macrocycles, and Redox‐Dependent Electronic States

Y Shi, C Li, J Di, Y Xue, Y Jia, J Duan, X Hu… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
π‐Conjugated chiral nanorings with intriguing electronic structures and chiroptical
properties have attracted considerable interests in synthetic chemistry and materials …

Diastereomer Resolution of M4L6 Coordination Cages by Ultra‐High‐Resolution Ion‐Mobility Mass Spectrometry

MC Pfrunder, DL Marshall, BLJ Poad… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coordination cages can be used for enantio‐and regioselective catalysis and for the
selective sensing and separation of isomeric guest molecules. Here, stereoisomers of a …