Cucurbituril-based molecular recognition

SJ Barrow, S Kasera, MJ Rowland, J Del Barrio… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The product of the condensation reaction between glycoluril and formaldehyde was first
reported in a thesis by Eberhard Meyer in 1904 (1) and then published by Behrend and co …

Cucurbiturils: from synthesis to high-affinity binding and catalysis

KI Assaf, WM Nau - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the wide area of supramolecular chemistry, cucurbit [n] urils (CBn) present themselves as
a young family of molecular containers, able to form stable complexes with various guests …

Cucurbituril chemistry: a tale of supramolecular success

E Masson, X Ling, R Joseph, L Kyeremeh-Mensah… - Rsc Advances, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This review highlights the past six year advances in the blossoming field of cucurbit [n] uril
chemistry. Because of their exceptional recognition properties in aqueous medium, these …

pH-Controlled motions in mechanically interlocked molecules

HY Zhou, Y Han, CF Chen - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs), especially rotaxanes and catenanes, allow
large-amplitude movement at the molecular level, making them the perfect prototypes for …

pH‐controllable supramolecular systems

KCF Leung, CP Chak, CM Lo, WY Wong… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Proton, all that matters! This Focus Review surveys representative examples of pH‐
controllable supramolecular systems with interesting features and state‐of‐the‐art …

Cucurbiturils in supramolecular catalysis

S Funk, J Schatz - Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic …, 2020 - Springer
Nearly 80 years following the initial synthesis of cucurbiturils, its structure was finally
revealed in 1981, which discovery opened the field for further investigation. As a result, the …

Host-guest complexes–boosting the performance of photosensitizers

A Sowa, J Voskuhl - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this review, we will show the diversity of supramolecular host-guest complexes of
cyclodextrins, cucurbit [n] urils, calix [n]-and pillar [n] arenes with photosensitizers, like …

[PDF][PDF] Ternary complexes comprising cucurbit [10] uril, porphyrins, and guests

S Liu, AD Shukla, S Gadde, BD Wagner… - … EDITION IN ENGLISH …, 2008 - academia.edu
Porphyrins are prized components of functional systems and assembled structures because
of their remarkable photophysical, electrochemical, and catalytic properties in both designed …

Macrocycle dynamics in a branched [8] catenane controlled by three different stimuli in three different regions

AWH Ng, SKM Lai, CC Yee… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A branched [8] catenane from an efficient one‐pot synthesis (72% HPLC yield, 59% isolated
yield) featuring the simultaneous use of three kinds of templates and cucurbit [6] uril …

Covalent organic framework constructed by clicking azido porphyrin with perpropargyloxy-cucurbit [6] uril for electrocatalytic hydrogen generation from water splitting

A Khaligh, Y Sheidaei, D Tuncel - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the present study, we describe the synthesis and characterization of a new covalent
organic framework (COF-TPP-CB [6]) which was assembled together by clicking …