The design of artificial catalysts able to compete with the catalytic proficiency of enzymes is
an intense subject of research. Non-covalent interactions are thought to be involved in …

The design of biomimetic complexes for the modeling of metallo-enzyme active sites is a
fruitful strategy for obtaining fundamental information and a better understanding of the …

The selective recognition of substrates or cofactors is a key feature of biological processes. It
involves coordination bonds, hydrogen bonding, charge/charge and charge/dipole …

Four new cyclic 1, 5-diaza-3, 7-diphosphacyclooctane ligands have been prepared and
used to synthesize [Ni (PPh2NR2) 2] 2+ complexes in which R is a mono-or dipeptide …

Five sets of oxido-vanadium (V) complexes, which include both cages and open structures,
were prepared and tested in the catalytic oxidation of sulfides. It was found that the …

All commercial reagents were used as supplied. The syntheses involving diphosphine 1
were performed in Schlenk-type flasks under dry nitrogen. Solvents were dried by …

Two bis-triarylphosphines [5, 17-dibromo-11, 23-bis (diphenylphosphino)-25, 26, 27, 28-
tetrapropoxycalix [4] arene (1) and 5, 17-bis (diphenylphosphino)-25, 26, 27, 28 …

The potential of molecules that combine the properties of a conical cavity with those of a
covalently-linked transition-metal centre is highlighted through the assessment of …

Recent studies of polydentate Schiff base macrocycles indicate larger diameter macrocycles
often deviate from planarity upon metal complexation, taking on a concave conformation …

Publisher Summary The development of metalated container molecules has become an
attractive research goal. This is mainly because such compounds allow for interplay of …