Porphyrin cage compounds based on glycoluril–from enzyme mimics to functional molecular machines

JAAW Elemans, RJM Nolte - Chemical Communications, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The study of artificial receptor molecules with the intention to mimic enzyme–substrate
binding processes and catalysis in nature has always been a traditional area of research in …

Asymmetric patterning drives the folding of a tripodal DNA nanotweezer

D Saliba, T Trinh, C Lachance-Brais, AL Prinzen… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA tweezers have emerged as powerful devices for a wide range of biochemical and
sensing applications; however, most DNA tweezers consist of single units activated by DNA …

Binding Properties of a Dinuclear Zinc (II) Salen-Type Molecular Tweezer with a Flexible Spacer in the Formation of Lewis Acid-Base Adducts with Diamines

G Munzi, G Consiglio, S Failla, S Di Bella - Inorganics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper we report the binding properties, by combined 1H NMR, optical absorption, and
fluorescence studies, of a molecular tweezer composed of two Zn (salen)-type Schiff-base …

Selective detection of DABCO using a supramolecular interconversion as fluorescence reporter

I Paul, D Samanta, S Gaikwad… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2019 - beilstein-journals.org
The quantitative double self-sorting between the three-component rectangle [Cu 4 (1) 2 (2)
2] 4+ and the four-component sandwich complex [Cu 2 (1)(2)(4)] 2+ is triggered by inclusion …

Preparation, structure and dimerization of molecular tweezer: Cyanuric acid core based flexible symmetric linked pthalimide moiety as a heteroaromatic system

A Gaurav, VP Sharma, P Sonker, AK Tewari - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Here, we synthesize tripodal tweezer molecule which have cyanuric acid in the center,
propylene as a linker and pthalimide hetrocycle as terminal for conformational applications …

Self-assembled, optically-active {naphthalene diimide} U {cucurbit [8] uril} ensembles in an aqueous environment

HF Higginbotham, S Maniam, T Hsia… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Naphthalene diimides (NDIs) are shown to arrange spontaneously co-facially with cucurbit
[8] uril (CB [8]) in an aqueous environment through purely non-covalent interactions. The …

The Synthesis of New Triazole‐Linked Supramolecules Based on Bis‐[1, 3]‐Naphthodioxocines

O Ozukanar, N Talinli, V Kumbaraci - ChemistrySelect, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the synthesis of novel three molecular cages based on bis‐structure of 8, 16‐
methano‐16H‐dinaphtho [2, 1‐d: 1', 2'‐g][1, 3] dioxocine (DNDO) is reported. The linkers …

A Tetra‐Porphyrin Host Exhibiting Interannular Cooperativity

RB Murphy, DT Pham… - Chemistry–A European …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recently identified as another form of cooperativity, interannular cooperativity is rarely
observed in supramolecular chemistry. A tetra‐porphyrin molecular tweezer with two bis …

Synthesis of New 7, 8-Dioxa [6] helicenes with Triazole Rings as Potential Molecular Tweezers

N Kasabali, H Gunduz, K Kaya, V Kumbaraci, N Talinli - Synlett, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
This study introduces new triazole-linked host compounds, which have been synthesized
from 7, 8-dioxa-bisnaphthalene and 7, 8-dioxa [6] helicenes. These compounds have …

Allosteric guest binding in chiral zirconium (IV) double decker porphyrin cages

JPJ Bruekers, MA Hellinghuizen… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral zirconium (IV) double cage sandwich complex Zr (1) 2 has been synthesized in one
step from porphyrin cage H21. Zr (1) 2 was obtained as a racemate, which was resolved by …