[HTML][HTML] Artificial molecular machines

S Erbas-Cakmak, DA Leigh, CT McTernan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

Development of pseudorotaxanes and rotaxanes: from synthesis to stimuli-responsive motions to applications

M Xue, Y Yang, X Chi, X Yan, F Huang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The history of isomeric types of organic molecules has passed through several important
stages:(1) Molecules that differ from each other with different numbers and types of atoms;(2) …

Aromatic rings in chemical and biological recognition: energetics and structures

LM Salonen, M Ellermann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes a multidimensional treatment of molecular recognition phenomena
involving aromatic rings in chemical and biological systems. It summarizes new results …

Synthetic molecular motors and mechanical machines

ER Kay, DA Leigh, F Zerbetto - … Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of controlled molecular‐level motion in key natural processes suggests
that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of …

Structural and functional evolution of metallacrowns

G Mezei, CM Zaleski, VL Pecoraro - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
In 1967 Pederson reported the synthesis of macrocyclic crown ethers and their ability to
selectively bind alkali and alkaline earth ions, 1, 2 and since then supramolecular …

A double concave hydrocarbon buckycatcher

A Sygula, FR Fronczek, R Sygula… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Double Diels− Alder addition of isocorannulenofuran to dibenzocyclooctadiyne followed by
deoxygenation produces a molecular tweezers C60H28 with two corannulene pincers and a …

Molecular clips and tweezers hosting neutral guests

M Hardouin–Lerouge, P Hudhomme… - Chemical Society …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Intense current interest in supramolecular chemistry is devoted to the construction of
molecular assemblies displaying controlled molecular motion associated to recognition. On …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular recognition of organic ammonium ions in solution using synthetic receptors

A Späth, B König - Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 2010 - beilstein-journals.org
Ammonium ions are ubiquitous in chemistry and molecular biology. Considerable efforts
have been undertaken to develop synthetic receptors for their selective molecular …

Novel triptycene-derived hosts: synthesis and their applications in supramolecular chemistry

CF Chen - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of new classes of macrocyclic hosts has always been one of the most
important topics in supramolecular chemistry. During the past several years, based on the …

Azabuckybowl-Based Molecular Tweezers as C60 and C70 Receptors

M Takeda, S Hiroto, H Yokoi, S Lee, D Kim… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We designed and synthesized molecular tweezers consisting of nitrogen-embedded
buckybowl subunits. The judicious choice of the covalent linkers modulated their binding …