Controlling piezoresistance in single molecules through the isomerisation of bullvalenes

JR Reimers, T Li, AP Birvé, L Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoscale electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) displaying piezoresistance offer unique
measurement opportunities at the sub-cellular level, in detectors and sensors, and in …

Shapeshifting bullvalene-linked vancomycin dimers as effective antibiotics against multidrug-resistant gram-positive bacteria

A Ottonello, JA Wyllie, O Yahiaoui… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The alarming rise in superbugs that are resistant to drugs of last resort, including
vancomycin-resistant enterococci and staphylococci, has become a significant global health …

Molecular Ball Joints: Mechanochemical Perturbation of Bullvalene Hardy–Cope Rearrangements in Polymer Networks

PB Sun, MN Pomfret, MJ Elardo, A Suresh… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The solution-state fluxional behavior of bullvalene has fascinated physical organic and
supramolecular chemists alike. Little effort, however, has been put into investigating …

Stochastic Bullvalene Architecture Modulates Structural Rigidity in π‐Rich Macromolecules

MN Pomfret, PB Sun, Z Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis and processing of π‐rich polymers found in novel electronics and textiles is
difficult because chain stiffness leads to low solubility and high thermal transitions. The …

Separation and utilization of lithium, magnesium, and boron resources from salt lakes through Ionic liquid extraction and CO2 mineralization

J Li, G Zhang, M Luo, G Li, J He - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
Salt lakes are abundant in three crucial resources− lithium (Li), magnesium (Mg), and boron
(B). The separation efficiency of these resources is low, the excessive use of acid and the …

Guest‐Dependent Isomer Convergence of a Permanently Fluxional Coordination Cage

AP Birvé, HD Patel, JR Price, WM Bloch… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A fluxional bis‐monodentate ligand, based on the archetypal shape‐shifting molecule
bullvalene, self‐assembles with M2+ (M= Pd2+ or Pt2+) to produce a highly complex …

Modular, Enantioselective Entry into Polysubstituted Shapeshifting Molecules

A Sanchez, VM Gonzalez, J Sakamoto… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dynamic, shapeshifting hydrocarbons have emerged as enabling frameworks across drug
discovery, materials science, and catalysis. Their employment, however, is often hampered …

Can density functional theory 'Cope'with highly fluxional shapeshifting molecules?

A Karton - Chemical Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Shape-shifting molecules such as bullvalene undergo rapid structural reorganizations via
degenerate Cope rearrangements. Here, we obtain accurate CCSD (T)/CBS barrier heights …

A guide to bullvalene stereodynamics

RA Ives, W Maturi, MT Gill, C Rankine… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we analyze the stereodynamic properties of bullvalenes using principal moments of
inertia and exit vector plots to draw comparisons with commonly used ring systems in …

Reversible Restrain and Release of the Dynamic Valence Isomerization in a Shape‐shifting Bullvalene by Complex Formation

C Dohmen, T Paululat, H Ihmels - Chemistry–A European …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In search for structural features that enable the control of the valence isomerization of the
fluxional bullvalene, a bullvalene‐bis (harmane) conjugate is identified that acts as chelating …