[HTML][HTML] Macrocyclization reactions: the importance of conformational, configurational, and template-induced preorganization

V Marti-Centelles, MD Pandey, MI Burguete… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Macrocyclic structures are common synthetic targets in drug discovery,(1, 2) and therefore,
interest in their study is continuously increasing in this field.(3, 4) A classic example is …

The story of the little blue box: a tribute to Siegfried Hünig

XY Chen, H Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis (paraquat‐p‐phenylene), also known as the little blue
box, constitutes a modular receptor that has facilitated the discovery of many host–guest …

Chiral carbon nanorings: synthesis, properties and hierarchical self‐assembly of chiral ternary complexes featuring a narcissistic chiral self‐recognition for chiral …

Y Fan, J He, L Liu, G Liu, S Guo, Z Lian, X Li… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report the synthesis and chiroptical properties of novel chiral carbon nanorings Sp‐/Rp‐
[12] PCPP containing a planar chiral [2.2] PCP unit, and demonstrate that Sp‐/Rp‐[12] PCPP …

Molecular borromean rings based on half-sandwich organometallic rectangles

Y Lu, HN Zhang, GX Jin - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Over the last two decades, interlocked molecular species have received
considerable attention, not only because of their intriguing structures and topological …

Self-assembly of Russian doll concentric porphyrin nanorings

SAL Rousseaux, JQ Gong, R Haver… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Electronic communication between concentric macrocycles with wave functions that extend
around their circumferences can lead to remarkable behavior, as illustrated by multiwalled …

Supramolecular Shish Kebabs: Higher Order Dimeric Structures from Ring‐in‐Rings Complexes with Conformational Adaptivity

Z Wang, L Mei, C Guo, S Huang, WQ Shi… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Use of abiotic chemical systems for understanding higher order superstructures is
challenging. Here we report a ring‐in‐ring (s) system comprising a hydrogen‐bonded …

Molecular Russian dolls

K Cai, MC Lipke, Z Liu, J Nelson, T Cheng, Y Shi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The host-guest recognition between two macrocycles to form hierarchical non-intertwined
ring-in-ring assemblies remains an interesting and challenging target in noncovalent …

Monitoring Hierarchical Assembly of Ring-in-Ring and Russian Doll Complexes Based on Carbon Nanoring by Förster Resonance Energy Transfer

S Guo, L Liu, F Su, H Yang, G Liu, Y Fan, J He, Z Lian… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
We presented the construction of the ring-in-ring and Russian doll complexes on the basis of
triptycene-derived carbon nanoring (TP-[12] CPP), which not only acts as a host for pillar [5] …

Host‐guest chemistry in binary and ternary complexes utilizing π‐conjugated carbon nanorings

Y Fan, J He, S Guo, H Jiang - ChemPlusChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The carbon nanorings, possessing a radial π system, have garnered significant attention
primarily due to their size‐dependent photophysical properties and the presence of a unique …

Giant Cavity Macrocycle: Synthesis, Structure, and Its Complexation with Pagoda [5] arene

F Zeng, LL Tang, MH Ding, W Dessie - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
A novel stretched hexagon structure naphthalene diimides-extended-pillar [6] arene 1 with a
giant cavity size of 18.769 Å in width and 17.109 Å in height is reported. 1 exhibits highly …