A robust protein-mimicking metallo-amine cage showing proton-driven allostery with water as the effector

YL Lu, XD Zhang, YH Qin, JQ Song, YH Huang, CH Liu… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
The allosteric effect is omnipresent in proteins with two distinct binding sites communicating
over a distance to control biological functions and complex processes, which drives an …

Molecular marriage through partner preferences in covalent cage formation and cage-to-cage transformation

K Acharyya, S Mukherjee… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Unprecedented self-sorting of three-dimensional purely organic cages driven by dynamic
covalent bonds is described. Four different cages were first synthesized by condensation of …

Modulating the Aggregation States of a Pd6L4 Cage for Selectivity Flipping during the Stereo‐Divergent Semi‐Hydrogenation of Alkynes

Z Wei, X Jing, S Zhao, Y Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
An enzyme‐mimicking catalytic system has been established using a singular palladium‐
based octahedral cage as the supramolecular reactor, deftly unlocking the off‐on‐off …

Synthesis of donor–acceptor molecules based on isoxazolones for investigation of their nonlinear optical properties

D Jiang, Z Xue, Y Li, H Liu, W Yang - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of donor–acceptor molecules that incorporate N, N-dimethylaniline or carbazole as
the common electron donor and 3-phenyl-5-isoxazolone as the electron acceptor moiety …

Di-versus Trinuclear Copper (II) Cryptate for the Uptake of Dicarboxylate Anions

CV Esteves, P Mateus, V Andre… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Searching for receptors selective for the binding of dicarboxylate anions, the copper (II)
complexes of the known ditopic octaazacryptand (t2pN8), derived from bistren [tren= tris (2 …

Synthesis of novel polyazacryptands for recognition of tetrahedral oxoanions and their X-ray structures

D Jana, G Mani, C Schulzke - Inorganic Chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
The Mannich reaction of tris (pyrrolyl-α-methyl) amine (H3tpa) with a mixture of
formaldehyde and primary amine hydrochloride (methyl or ethyl) gave two novel …

Synthesis of N-and O-Containing Macrobicycles with Central Biphenyl Moiety via Pd (0)-Catalyzed Amination Reactions

AD Averin, AN Uglov, GA Zubrienko… - Current Organic …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Simple, efficient and enough versatile approaches to macrobicycles and
macrotricycles, which are of great interest for the coordination of metal cations, were …

A new series of two-photon blue/violet fluorescent trans-alkenes: Green synthesis and optical properties

JQ Huang, ZB Cai, F Jin, SL Li, YP Tian - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2016 - Elsevier
A new series of trans-alkenes (3a–3e) containing different electron-donating groups were
synthesized by the solvent-free Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction, and characterized by …