Purely covalent molecular cages and containers for guest encapsulation

G Montà-González, F Sancenón… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cage compounds offer unique binding pockets similar to enzyme-binding sites, which can
be customized in terms of size, shape, and functional groups to point toward the cavity and …

Chiroptical sensing: a conceptual introduction

A Ozcelik, R Pereira-Cameselle, N Poklar Ulrih… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chiroptical responses have been an essential tool over the last decades for chemical
structural elucidation due to their exceptional sensitivity to geometry and intermolecular …

Molecular recognition with resorcin [4] arene cavitands: switching, halogen-bonded capsules, and enantioselective complexation

C Gropp, BL Quigley, F Diederich - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of synthetic host–guest chemistry to investigate and quantify weak, non-
covalent interactions has been key to unraveling the complexity of molecular recognition in …

Alleno‐Acetylenic Cage (AAC) Receptors: Chiroptical Switching and Enantioselective Complexation of trans‐1,2‐Dimethylcyclohexane in a Diaxial Conformation

C Gropp, N Trapp, F Diederich - … Chemie International Edition, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Four enantiopure 1, 3‐diethynylallenes (DEAs) with OH termini were attached to the
rim of a resorcin [4] arene cavitand. The system undergoes conformational switching …

Distinct helical molecular orbitals through conformational lock

A Ozcelik, D Aranda, S Gil‐Guerrero… - … A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Several theoretical studies have proposed strategies to generate helical molecular orbitals
(Hel‐MOs) in [n] cumulenes and oligoynes. While chiral even‐[n] cumulenes feature Hel …

Dispersion and Halogen-Bonding Interactions: Binding of the Axial Conformers of Monohalo- and (±)-trans-1,2-Dihalocyclohexanes in Enantiopure Alleno-Acetylenic …

C Gropp, T Husch, N Trapp, M Reiher… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Enantiopure alleno-acetylenic cage (AAC) receptors with a resorcin [4] arene scaffold, from
which four homochiral alleno-acetylenes converge to shape a cavity closed by a four-fold …

A Chiral Molecular Cage Comprising Diethynylallenes and N‐Heterotriangulenes for Enantioselective Recognition

S Míguez‐Lago, BD Gliemann… - … –A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality, a characteristic tool of molecular recognition in nature, is often a complement of
redox active systems. Scientists, in their eagerness to mimic such sophistication, have …

Truxene-based covalent organic polyhedrons constructed through alkyne metathesis

X Yang, S Huang, M Ortiz, X Wang, Y Cao… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dynamic alkyne metathesis has successfully been employed toward the synthesis of shape-
persistent macrocycles and covalent organic polyhedrons (COPs). In this contribution, we …

Diverse Chiral Scaffolds from Diethynylspiranes: All‐Carbon Double Helices and Flexible Shape‐Persistent Macrocycles

S Castro‐Fernández, R Yang, AP García… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
State‐of‐the‐art chiroptical spectroscopies are valuable tools for structural elucidation.
However, the potential of these spectroscopies for everyday applications has not been …

Device-compatible chiroptical surfaces through self-assembly of enantiopure allenes

A Ozcelik, R Pereira-Cameselle, A Von Weber… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Chiroptical methods have been proven to be superior compared to their achiral counterparts
for the structural elucidation of many compounds. To expand the use of chiroptical systems …