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Trzaskowski B, Martínez JP, Sarwa A, Szyszko B, Goddard WA. Argentophilic Interactions, Flexibility, and Dynamics of Pyrrole Cages Encapsulating Silver(I) Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:3339-3350. [PMID: 38651289 PMCID: PMC11077489 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c01464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
Recently, pyrrole cages have been synthesized that encapsulate ion pairs and silver(I) clusters to form intricate supramolecular capsules. We report here a computational analysis of these structures using density functional theory combined with a semiempirical tight-binding approach. We find that for neutral pyrrole cages, the Gibbs free energies of formation provide reliable predictions for the ratio of bound ions. For charged pyrrole cages, we find strong argentophilic interactions between Ag ions on the basis of the calculated bond indices and molecular orbitals. For the cage with the Ag4 cluster, we find two minimum-geometry conformations that differ by only 6.5 kcal/mol, with an energy barrier <1 kcal/mol, suggesting a very flexible structure as indicated by molecular dynamics. The predicted energies of formation of [Agn⊂1]n-3+ (n = 1-5) cryptands provide low energy barriers of formation of 5-20 kcal/mol for all cases, which is consistent with the experimental data. Furthermore, we also examined the structural variability of mixed-valence silver clusters to test whether additional geometrical conformations inside the organic cage are thermodynamically accessible. In this context, we show that the time-dependent density functional theory UV-vis spectra may potentially serve as a diagnostic probe to characterize mixed-valence and geometrical configurations of silver clusters encapsulated into cryptands.
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- Bartosz Trzaskowski
- Centre
of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 2C Banacha Street, 02-097 Warszawa, Poland
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- Centre
of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 2C Banacha Street, 02-097 Warszawa, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie Street, 50-387 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie Street, 50-387 Wrocław, Poland
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- Materials
and Process Simulation Center, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91106, United States
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Zhang M, Nixon R, Schaufelberger F, Pirvu L, De Bo G, Leigh DA. Mechanical scission of a knotted polymer. Nat Chem 2024:10.1038/s41557-024-01510-3. [PMID: 38649468 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01510-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Molecular knots and entanglements form randomly and spontaneously in both biological and synthetic polymer chains. It is known that macroscopic materials, such as ropes, are substantially weakened by the presence of knots, but until now it has been unclear whether similar behaviour occurs on a molecular level. Here we show that the presence of a well-defined overhand knot in a polymer chain substantially increases the rate of scission of the polymer under tension (≥2.6× faster) in solution, because deformation of the polymer backbone induced by the tightening knot activates otherwise unreactive covalent bonds. The fragments formed upon severing of the knotted chain differ from those that arise from cleavage of a similar, but unknotted, polymer. Our solution studies provide experimental evidence that knotting can contribute to higher mechanical scission rates of polymers. It also demonstrates that entanglement design can be used to generate mechanophores that are among the most reactive described to date, providing opportunities to increase the reactivity of otherwise inert functional groups.
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- Min Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Sarwa A, Białońska A, Sobieraj M, Martínez JP, Trzaskowski B, Szyszko B. Iminopyrrole-Based Self-Assembly: A Route to Intrinsically Flexible Molecular Links and Knots. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316489. [PMID: 38032333 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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The use of 2,5-diformylpyrrole in self-assembly reactions with diamines and Zn(II)/Cd(II) salts allowed the preparation of [2]catenane, trefoil knot, and Borromean rings. The intrinsically dynamic nature of the diiminopyrrole motif rendered all of the formed assemblies intramolecularly flexible. The presence of diiminopyrrole revealed new coordination motifs and influenced the host-guest chemistry of the systems, as illustrated by hexafluorophosphate encapsulation by Borromean rings.
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- Aleksandra Sarwa
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-387, Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-387, Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-387, Wrocław, Poland
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 2c Banach St., 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 2c Banach St., 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-387, Wrocław, Poland
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Das G, Prakasam T, Alkhatib N, AbdulHalim RG, Chandra F, Sharma SK, Garai B, Varghese S, Addicoat MA, Ravaux F, Pasricha R, Jagannathan R, Saleh N, Kirmizialtin S, Olson MA, Trabolsi A. Light-driven self-assembly of spiropyran-functionalized covalent organic framework. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3765. [PMID: 37353549 PMCID: PMC10290075 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39402-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023] Open
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Controlling the number of molecular switches and their relative positioning within porous materials is critical to their functionality and properties. The proximity of many molecular switches to one another can hinder or completely suppress their response. Herein, a synthetic strategy involving mixed linkers is used to control the distribution of spiropyran-functionalized linkers in a covalent organic framework (COF). The COF contains a spiropyran in each pore which exhibits excellent reversible photoswitching behavior to its merocyanine form in the solid state in response to UV/Vis light. The spiro-COF possesses an urchin-shaped morphology and exhibits a morphological transition to 2D nanosheets and vesicles in solution upon UV light irradiation. The merocyanine-equipped COFs are extremely stable and possess a more ordered structure with enhanced photoluminescence. This approach to modulating structural isomerization in the solid state is used to develop inkless printing media, while the photomediated polarity change is used for water harvesting applications.
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- Gobinda Das
- Chemistry Program, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemistry Program, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemistry Program, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemistry Program, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Engineering Division, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemistry Program, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- NYUAD Water Research Center, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- CTP, New York University Abu Dhabi, 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, NG11 8NS, Nottingham, UK
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- Quantum research center, Technology Innovation Institute, P.O. Box 9639, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- CTP, New York University Abu Dhabi, 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Engineering Division, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Zayed Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Chemistry Program, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Center for Smart Engineering Materials, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, TX, 78412, USA.
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- Chemistry Program, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- NYUAD Water Research Center, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Chen X, Chen H, Fraser Stoddart J. The Story of the Little Blue Box: A Tribute to Siegfried Hünig. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202211387. [PMID: 36131604 PMCID: PMC10099103 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
The tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene), also known as the little blue box, constitutes a modular receptor that has facilitated the discovery of many host-guest complexes and mechanically interlocked molecules during the past 35 years. Its versatility in binding small π-donors in its tetracationic state, as well as forming trisradical tricationic complexes with viologen radical cations in its doubly reduced bisradical dicationic state, renders it valuable for the construction of various stimuli-responsive materials. Since the first reports in 1988, the little blue box has been featured in over 500 publications in the literature. All this research activity would not have been possible without the seminal contributions carried out by Siegfried Hünig, who not only pioneered the syntheses of viologen-containing cyclophanes, but also revealed their rich redox chemistry in addition to their ability to undergo intramolecular π-dimerization. This Review describes how his pioneering research led to the design and synthesis of the little blue box, and how this redox-active host evolved into the key component of molecular shuttles, switches, and machines.
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- Xiao‐Yang Chen
- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern University2145 Sheridan RoadEvanstonIllinois 60208USA
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- Stoddart Institute of Molecular ScienceDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation CenterHangzhou311215China
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- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern University2145 Sheridan RoadEvanstonIllinois 60208USA
- Stoddart Institute of Molecular ScienceDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation CenterHangzhou311215China
- School of ChemistryUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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Ashbridge Z, Fielden SDP, Leigh DA, Pirvu L, Schaufelberger F, Zhang L. Knotting matters: orderly molecular entanglements. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:7779-7809. [PMID: 35979715 PMCID: PMC9486172 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00323f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Entangling strands in a well-ordered manner can produce useful effects, from shoelaces and fishing nets to brown paper packages tied up with strings. At the nanoscale, non-crystalline polymer chains of sufficient length and flexibility randomly form tangled mixtures containing open knots of different sizes, shapes and complexity. However, discrete molecular knots of precise topology can also be obtained by controlling the number, sequence and stereochemistry of strand crossings: orderly molecular entanglements. During the last decade, substantial progress in the nascent field of molecular nanotopology has been made, with general synthetic strategies and new knotting motifs introduced, along with insights into the properties and functions of ordered tangle sequences. Conformational restrictions imparted by knotting can induce allostery, strong and selective anion binding, catalytic activity, lead to effective chiral expression across length scales, binding modes in conformations efficacious for drug delivery, and facilitate mechanical function at the molecular level. As complex molecular topologies become increasingly synthetically accessible they have the potential to play a significant role in molecular and materials design strategies. We highlight particular examples of molecular knots to illustrate why these are a few of our favourite things.
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- Zoe Ashbridge
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, China
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Feng L, Astumian RD, Stoddart JF. Controlling dynamics in extended molecular frameworks. Nat Rev Chem 2022; 6:705-725. [PMID: 37117491 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-022-00412-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Molecular machines are essential dynamic components for fuel production, cargo delivery, information storage and processing in living systems. Scientists have demonstrated that they can design and synthesize artificial molecular machines that operate efficiently in isolation - for example, at high dilution in solution - fuelled by chemicals, electricity or light. To organize the spatial arrangement and motion of these machines within close proximity to one another in solid frameworks, such that useful macroscopic work can be performed, remains a challenge in both chemical and materials science. In this Review, we summarize the progress that has been made during the past decade in organizing dynamic molecular entities in such solid frameworks. Emerging applications of these dynamic smart materials in the contexts of molecular recognition, optoelectronics, drug delivery, photodynamic therapy and water desalination are highlighted. Finally, we review recent work on a new non-equilibrium adsorption phenomenon for which we have coined the term mechanisorption. The ability to use external energy to drive directional processes in mechanized extended frameworks augurs well for the future development of artificial molecular factories.
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Ashbridge Z, Knapp OM, Kreidt E, Leigh DA, Pirvu L, Schaufelberger F. Social Self-Sorting Synthesis of Molecular Knots. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17232-17240. [PMID: 36067448 PMCID: PMC9501921 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the synthesis of molecular prime and composite
knots
by social self-sorting of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide (pdc) ligands
of differing topicity and stereochemistry. Upon mixing achiral monotopic
and ditopic pdc-ligand strands in a 1:1:1 ratio with Lu(III), a well-defined
heteromeric complex featuring one of each ligand strand and the metal
ion is selectively formed. Introducing point-chiral centers into the
ligands leads to single-sense helical stereochemistry of the resulting
coordination complex. Covalent capture of the entangled structure
by ring-closing olefin metathesis then gives a socially self-sorted
trefoil knot of single topological handedness. In a related manner,
a heteromeric molecular granny knot (a six-crossing composite knot
featuring two trefoil tangles of the same handedness) was assembled
from social self-sorting of ditopic and tetratopic multi-pdc strands.
A molecular square knot (a six-crossing composite knot of two trefoil
tangles of opposite handedness) was assembled by social self-sorting
of a ditopic pdc strand with four (S)-centers and
a tetratopic strand with two (S)- and six (R)-centers. Each of the entangled structures was characterized
by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry,
and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The precise control of composition
and topological chirality through social self-sorting enables the
rapid assembly of well-defined sequences of entanglements for molecular
knots.
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- Zoe Ashbridge
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.,School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Xu GT, Chang XY, Low KH, Wu LL, Wan Q, Shu HX, To WP, Huang JS, Che CM. Self-Assembly of Molecular Trefoil Knots Featuring Pentadecanuclear Homoleptic Au I -, Au I /Ag I -, or Au I /Cu I -Alkynyl Coordination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200748. [PMID: 35183066 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Metal-free and metal-containing molecular trefoil knots are fascinating ensembles that are usually covalently assembled, the latter requiring the rational design of di- or multidentate/multipodal ligands as connectors. In this work, we describe the self-assembly of pentadecanuclear AuI trefoil knots [Au15 (C≡CR)15 ] from monoalkynes HC≡CR (R=9,9-X2 -fluorenyl with X=nBu, n-hexyl) and [AuI (THT)Cl]. Hetero-bimetallic counterparts [Au9 M6 (C≡CR)15 ] (M=Cu/Ag) were self-assembled by reactions of [Au15 (C≡CR)15 ] with [Cu(MeCN)4 ]+ /AgNO3 and HC≡CR. The type of pentadecanuclear trefoil knots described herein is characterized by X-ray crystallography, 2D NMR and HR-ESI-MS. [Au9 Cu6 (C≡CR)15 ] is relatively stable in hexane; its excited state properties were investigated. DFT calculations revealed that non-covalent metal-metal and metal-ligand interactions, together with longer alkyl chain-strengthened inter-ligand dispersion interactions, govern the stability of the trefoil knot structures.
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- Guang-Tao Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Zhang ZH, Andreassen BJ, August DP, Leigh DA, Zhang L. Molecular weaving. NATURE MATERIALS 2022; 21:275-283. [PMID: 35115722 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01179-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Historically, the interlacing of strands at the molecular level has mainly been limited to coordination polymers and DNA. Despite being proposed on a number of occasions, the direct, bottom-up assembly of molecular building blocks into woven organic polymers remained an aspirational, but elusive, target for several decades. However, recent successes in two-dimensional and three-dimensional molecular-level weaving now offer new opportunities and research directions at the interface of polymer science and molecular nanotopology. This Perspective provides an overview of the features and potential of the periodic nanoscale weaving of polymer chains, distinguishing it from randomly entangled polymer networks and rigid crystalline frameworks. We review the background and experimental progress so far, and conclude by considering the potential of molecular weaving and outline some of the current and future challenges in this emerging field.
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- Zhi-Hui Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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Xu GT, Chang XY, Low KH, Wu LL, Wan Q, Shu HX, To WP, Huang JS, Che CM. Self‐Assembly of Molecular Trefoil Knots Featuring Pentadecanuclear Homoleptic AuI‐, AuI/AgI‐, or AuI/CuI‐Alkynyl Coordination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Chemistry CHINA
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- The University of Hong Kong Chemistry HONG KONG
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- The University of Hong Kong Chemistry HONG KONG
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- The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road - Hong Kong HONG KONG
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Konopka M, Stefankiewicz AR. Expanding structural diversity in a library of disulfide macrocycles through in-situ imide hydrolysis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:38. [PMID: 34997018 PMCID: PMC8742088 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03944-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
We describe here an unorthodox approach to dynamic covalent chemistry in which the initially-unexpected in-situ hydrolysis of a bis-imide is employed to control the composition of a library of structurally diverse macrocycles. A single building block is used to generate a library of numerous disulfide-based architectures in a one-pot single-step process. The dual-stimuli method is based on simultaneous changes in pH and DMSO concentration to expand the structural diversity of the macrocyclic products. Mechanistic details of this complex process are investigated by the kinetics analysis. We delivered a facile strategy for the synthesis of water-soluble, multicomponent and dynamic macrocycles equipped with number of different functional groups, thus giving a prospect of their application in guest-driven phase transfer.
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- Marcin Konopka
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
- Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
- Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
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Tateishi T, Takahashi S, Kikuchi I, Aratsu K, Sato H, Hiraoka S. Unexpected Self-Assembly Pathway to a Pd(II) Coordination Square-Based Pyramid and Its Preferential Formation beyond the Boltzmann Distribution. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:16678-16685. [PMID: 34652136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Experimental and theoretical investigations of the self-assembly process of a Pd(II) coordination M6L4 square-based pyramid (SP) were conducted. It was found that the probable self-assembly pathway, in which the dimerization of M2L2 with two M leads to SP, expected from the connectivity of the building blocks is not a major self-assembly pathway to the M6L4 SP. Whether the M6L4 SP is assembled or M2L2 is trapped is determined by an inter- or intramolecular reaction in a chain-like M2L2X, where X is a leaving ligand. The kinetically trapped state where the M6L4 SP is produced from M2L2 beyond the Boltzmann distribution was realized by a concentration-induced process and was kept for at least 2 months at 298 K.
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- Tomoki Tateishi
- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.,Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.,Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Feng X, Li J, Feng Y, Zhang K, Chen N, Fang H, Li Z. Series of d10 complexes based on sulfamethoxazole: Auxiliary ligand induces structure diversity, luminescence and antibacterial properties. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2021.122351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Arthur H. G. David
- Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Evanston Illinois 60208 United States
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- Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Evanston Illinois 60208 United States
- School of Chemistry University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
- Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310021 China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center Hangzhou 311215 China
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Carpenter JP, McTernan CT, Greenfield JL, Lavendomme R, Ronson TK, Nitschke JR. Controlling the shape and chirality of an eight-crossing molecular knot. Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Non‐Covalent Interaction‐Directed Coordination‐Driven Self‐Assembly of Non‐Trivial Supramolecular Topologies. CHEM REC 2021; 21:574-593. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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August DP, Dryfe RAW, Haigh SJ, Kent PRC, Leigh DA, Lemonnier JF, Li Z, Muryn CA, Palmer LI, Song Y, Whitehead GFS, Young RJ. Self-assembly of a layered two-dimensional molecularly woven fabric. Nature 2020; 588:429-435. [PMID: 33328664 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-3019-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fabrics-materials consisting of layers of woven fibres-are some of the most important materials in everyday life1. Previous nanoscale weaves2-16 include isotropic crystalline covalent organic frameworks12-14 that feature rigid helical strands interlaced in all three dimensions, rather than the two-dimensional17,18 layers of flexible woven strands that give conventional textiles their characteristic flexibility, thinness, anisotropic strength and porosity. A supramolecular two-dimensional kagome weave15 and a single-layer, surface-supported, interwoven two-dimensional polymer16 have also been reported. The direct, bottom-up assembly of molecular building blocks into linear organic polymer chains woven in two dimensions has been proposed on a number of occasions19-23, but has not previously been achieved. Here we demonstrate that by using an anion and metal ion template, woven molecular 'tiles' can be tessellated into a material consisting of alternating aliphatic and aromatic segmented polymer strands, interwoven within discrete layers. Connections between slowly precipitating pre-woven grids, followed by the removal of the ion template, result in a wholly organic molecular material that forms as stacks and clusters of thin sheets-each sheet up to hundreds of micrometres long and wide but only about four nanometres thick-in which warp and weft single-chain polymer strands remain associated through periodic mechanical entanglements within each sheet. Atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy show clusters and, occasionally, isolated individual sheets that, following demetallation, have slid apart from others with which they were stacked during the tessellation and polymerization process. The layered two-dimensional molecularly woven material has long-range order, is birefringent, is twice as stiff as the constituent linear polymer, and delaminates and tears along well-defined lines in the manner of a macroscopic textile. When incorporated into a polymer-supported membrane, it acts as a net, slowing the passage of large ions while letting smaller ions through.
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- David P August
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Henry Royce Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Materials, National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- Department of Materials, National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Materials, National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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van Lier RCW, de Bruijn AD, Roelfes G. A Water-Soluble Iridium Photocatalyst for Chemical Modification of Dehydroalanines in Peptides and Proteins. Chemistry 2020; 27:1430-1437. [PMID: 32896943 PMCID: PMC7898865 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Dehydroalanine (Dha) residues are attractive noncanonical amino acids that occur naturally in ribosomally synthesised and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). Dha residues are attractive targets for selective late-stage modification of these complex biomolecules. In this work, we show the selective photocatalytic modification of dehydroalanine residues in the antimicrobial peptide nisin and in the proteins small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) and superfolder green fluorescent protein (sfGFP). For this purpose, a new water-soluble iridium(III) photoredox catalyst was used. The design and synthesis of this new photocatalyst, [Ir(dF(CF3 )ppy)2 (dNMe3 bpy)]Cl3 , is presented. In contrast to commonly used iridium photocatalysts, this complex is highly water soluble and allows peptides and proteins to be modified in water and aqueous solvents under physiologically relevant conditions, with short reaction times and with low reagent and catalyst loadings. This work suggests that photoredox catalysis using this newly designed catalyst is a promising strategy to modify dehydroalanine-containing natural products and thus could have great potential for novel bioconjugation strategies.
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- Roos C W van Lier
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Song Y, Schaufelberger F, Ashbridge Z, Pirvu L, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Leigh DA. Effects of turn-structure on folding and entanglement in artificial molecular overhand knots. Chem Sci 2020; 12:1826-1833. [PMID: 34163946 PMCID: PMC8179330 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05897a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The length and constitution of spacers linking three 2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide units in a molecular strand influence the tightness of the resulting overhand (open-trefoil) knot that the strand folds into in the presence of lanthanide(iii) ions. The use of β-hairpin forming motifs as linkers enables a metal-coordinated pseudopeptide with a knotted tertiary structure to be generated. The resulting pseudopeptide knot has one of the highest backbone-to-crossing ratios (BCR)—a measure of knot tightness (a high value corresponding to looseness)—for a synthetic molecular knot to date. Preorganization in the crossing-free turn section of the knot affects aromatic stacking interactions close to the crossing region. The metal-coordinated pseudopeptide knot is compared to overhand knots with other linkers of varying tightness and turn preorganization, and the entangled architectures characterized by NMR spectroscopy, ESI-MS, CD spectroscopy and, in one case, X-ray crystallography. The results show how it is possible to program specific conformational properties into different key regions of synthetic molecular knots, opening the way to systems where knotting can be systematically incorporated into peptide-like chains through design. Spacers linking 2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide units influence the tightness of the corresponding lanthanide-coordinated overhand knot. β-Hairpin forming motifs generate a metal-coordinated pseudopeptide with a knotted tertiary structure.![]()
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- Yiwei Song
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University Shanghai 200062 PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University Shanghai 200062 PR China .,Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Chen XY, Shen D, Cai K, Jiao Y, Wu H, Song B, Zhang L, Tan Y, Wang Y, Feng Y, Stern CL, Stoddart JF. Suit[3]ane. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:20152-20160. [PMID: 33180476 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Suitanes are a class of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) that consist of two components: a body with limbs protruding outward and a suit that fits appropriately around it, so that there is no easy way for the suit to be removed from the body. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a suit[3]ane, which contains a benzotrithiophene derivative (THBTT) with three protruding hexyl chains as the body and a 3-fold symmetric, extended pyridinium-based cage, namely, HexaCage6+, as the suit. Central to its realization is effective templation, provided by THBTT during cage formation, an observation that has been supported by the strong binding constant between benzotrithiophene (BTT) and the empty cage. The solid-state structure of the suit[3]ane reveals that the body is confined within the suit's cavity with its alkyl chains protruding outward through the orifices in the cage. Notably, such a seemingly unstable molecule, having three flexible alkyl chains as its only protruding limbs, does not dissociate after prolonged heating in CD3CN at 100 °C under pressure for 7 days. No evidence for guest exchange with the host was observed at this temperature in a 2:1 mixture of THBTT and HexaCage6+ in CD3CN. The results indicate that flexible protruding limbs are sufficient for a suit[3]ane to remain mechanically stable even at high temperatures in solution.
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- Xiao-Yang Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.,Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.,School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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The properties of knots are exploited in a range of applications, from shoelaces to the knots used for climbing, fishing and sailing1. Although knots are found in DNA and proteins2, and form randomly in other long polymer chains3,4, methods for tying5 different sorts of knots in a synthetic nanoscale strand are lacking. Molecular knots of high symmetry have previously been synthesized by using non-covalent interactions to assemble and entangle molecular chains6-15, but in such instances the template and/or strand structure intrinsically determines topology, which means that only one type of knot is usually possible. Here we show that interspersing coordination sites for different metal ions within an artificial molecular strand enables it to be tied into multiple knots. Three topoisomers-an unknot (01) macrocycle, a trefoil (31) knot6-15, and a three-twist (52) knot-were each selectively prepared from the same molecular strand by using transition-metal and lanthanide ions to guide chain folding in a manner reminiscent of the action of protein chaperones16. We find that the metal-ion-induced folding can proceed with stereoinduction: in the case of one knot, a lanthanide(III)-coordinated crossing pattern formed only with a copper(I)-coordinated crossing of particular handedness. In an unanticipated finding, metal-ion coordination was also found to translocate an entanglement from one region of a knotted molecular structure to another, resulting in an increase in writhe (topological strain) in the new knotted conformation. The knot topology affects the chemical properties of the strand: whereas the tighter 52 knot can bind two different metal ions simultaneously, the looser 31 isomer can bind only either one copper(I) ion or one lutetium(III) ion. The ability to tie nanoscale chains into different knots offers opportunities to explore the modification of the structure and properties of synthetic oligomers, polymers and supramolecules.
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He L, Wang SC, Lin LT, Cai JY, Li L, Tu TH, Chan YT. Multicomponent Metallo-Supramolecular Nanocapsules Assembled from Calix[4]resorcinarene-Based Terpyridine Ligands. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:7134-7144. [PMID: 32150683 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tetrafunctionalized calix[4]resorcinarene cavitands commonly serve as supramolecular scaffolds for construction of coordination-driven self-assembled capsules. However, due to the calix-like shape, the structural diversity of assemblies is mostly restricted to dimeric and hexameric capsules. Previously, we reported a spontaneous heteroleptic complexation strategy based on a pair of self-recognizable terpyridine-based ligands and CdII ions. Building on this complementary ligand pairing system, herein three types of nanocapsules, including a dimeric capsule, a Sierpiński triangular prism, and a cubic star, could be readily obtained through dynamic complexation reactions between a tetratopic cavitand-based ligand and various multitopic counterparts in the presence of CdII ions. The dimeric capsular assemblies display the spacer-length-dependent self-sorting behavior in a four-component system. Moreover, the precise multicomponent self-assembly of a Sierpiński triangular prism and a cubic star possessing three and six cavitand-based motifs, respectively, demonstrates that such self-assembly methodology is able to efficiently enhance architectural complexity for calix[4]resorcinarene-containing metallo-supramolecules.
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- Lipeng He
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Caprice K, Aster A, Cougnon FBL, Kumpulainen T. Untying the Photophysics of Quinolinium-Based Molecular Knots and Links. Chemistry 2020; 26:1576-1587. [PMID: 31670851 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Complex molecular knots and links are still difficult to synthesize and the properties arising from their topology are mostly unknown. Here, we report on a comparative photophysical study carried out on a family of closely related quinolinium-based knots and links to determine the impact exerted by topology on the molecular backbone. Our results indicate that topology has a negligible influence on the behavior of loosely braided molecules, which mostly behave like their unbraided equivalents. On the other hand, tightly braided molecules display distinct features. Their higher packing density results in a pronounced ability to resist deformation, a significant reduction in the solvent-accessible surface area and favors close-range π-π interactions between the quinolinium units and neighboring aromatics. Finally, the sharp alteration in behavior between loosely and tightly braided molecules sheds light on the factors contributing to braiding tightness.
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- Kenji Caprice
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland
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Dang LL, Gao X, Lin YJ, Jin GX. s-Block metal ions induce structural transformations between figure-eight and double trefoil knots. Chem Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05796j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The presence or absence of s-block metal ions induces reversible structural transformation of molecular knots.
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- Li-Long Dang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers
- Department of Chemistry
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200438
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers
- Department of Chemistry
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200438
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers
- Department of Chemistry
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200438
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers
- Department of Chemistry
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200438
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Das G, Sharma SK, Prakasam T, Gándara F, Mathew R, Alkhatib N, Saleh N, Pasricha R, Olsen JC, Baias M, Kirmizialtin S, Jagannathan R, Trabolsi A. A polyrotaxanated covalent organic network based on viologen and cucurbit[7]uril. Commun Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s42004-019-0207-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Zhong J, Zhang L, August DP, Whitehead GFS, Leigh DA. Self-Sorting Assembly of Molecular Trefoil Knots of Single Handedness. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:14249-14256. [PMID: 31389229 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report on the stereoselective synthesis of trefoil knots of single topological handedness in up to 90% yield (over two steps) through the formation of trimeric circular helicates from ligand strands containing either imine or, unexpectedly, amide chelating units and metal ion templates of the appropriate coordination character (zinc(II) for imines; cobalt(III) for amides). The coordination stereochemistry of the octahedral metal complexes is determined by asymmetric carbon centers in the strands, ultimately translating into trefoil knots that are a single enantiomer, both physically and in terms of their fundamental topology. Both the imine-zinc and amide-cobalt systems display self-sorting behavior, with racemic ligands forming knots that individually contain only building blocks of the same chirality. The knots and the corresponding trimeric circular helicate intermediates (Zn(II)3 complex for the imine ligands; Co(III)3 complex for the amide ligands) were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography. The latter confirms the trefoil knots as 84-membered macrocycles, with each of the metal ions sited at a crossing point for three regions of the strand. The stereochemistry of the octahedral coordination centers imparts alternating crossings of the same handedness within each circular helicate. The expression of chirality of the knotted molecules was probed by circular dichroism: The topological handedness of the demetalated knots was found to have a greater effect on the CD response than the Euclidean chirality of an individual chiral center.
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- Jiankang Zhong
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , 200062 Shanghai , China.,School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , 200062 Shanghai , China.,School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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Chen M, Liu D, Huang J, Li Y, Wang M, Li K, Wang J, Jiang Z, Li X, Wang P. Trefoiled Propeller-Shaped Spiral Terpyridyl Metal-Organic Architectures. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:11146-11154. [PMID: 31361129 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Constructing exquisite and intricate molecular architectures is always the pursuit of chemists. In this report, the propeller-shaped trefoil structures S1 and S2 were successfully prepared by the stepwise self-assembly of predesigned tripodal metal-organic ligands, which consist of bis(terpyridine)s-Ru2+-tris(terpyridine)s connectivities for the following complexation with Fe2+. The complexes can be described as racemic spiral assemblies with three-fold spiralism. These unique discrete metal-organic architectures were fully characterized by 1H NMR, 2D NMR spectroscopy (COSY and NOESY), diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY), ESI-MS, TWIM-MS, and TEM, and their photophysical and electrochemical properties were also investigated. Further, hybrid trefoiled structure [Fe3L1L2] was detected by taking advantage of the flexibility of metal-organic ligands.
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- Mingzhao Chen
- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education , Guangzhou University , Guangzhou , 510006 , China
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- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education , Guangzhou University , Guangzhou , 510006 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha , Hunan , 410083 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of South Florida , Tampa , Florida 33640 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun , Jilin , 130012 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha , Hunan , 410083 , China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha , Hunan , 410083 , China
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- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education , Guangzhou University , Guangzhou , 510006 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of South Florida , Tampa , Florida 33640 , United States
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- Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education , Guangzhou University , Guangzhou , 510006 , China.,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha , Hunan , 410083 , China
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Feng H, Gao W, Lin Y, Jin G. Selective Synthesis of Discrete Mono‐, Interlocked‐, and Borromean Ring Ensembles Based on a
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‐Electron‐Deficient Ligand. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:2712-2718. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Hui‐Jun Feng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative MaterialsState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of PolymersDepartment of ChemistryFudan University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative MaterialsState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of PolymersDepartment of ChemistryFudan University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative MaterialsState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of PolymersDepartment of ChemistryFudan University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative MaterialsState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of PolymersDepartment of ChemistryFudan University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China
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Benyettou F, Prakasam T, Ramdas Nair A, Witzel II, Alhashimi M, Skorjanc T, Olsen JC, Sadler KC, Trabolsi A. Potent and selective in vitro and in vivo antiproliferative effects of metal-organic trefoil knots. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5884-5892. [PMID: 31360392 PMCID: PMC6582759 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01218d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A set of metal-organic trefoil knots (M-TKs) generated by metal-templated self-assembly of a simple pair of chelating ligands were well tolerated in vitro by non-cancer cells but were significantly more potent than cisplatin in both human cancer cells--including those resistant to cisplatin--and in zebrafish embryos. In cultured cells, M-TKs generated reactive oxygen species that triggered apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway without directly disrupting the cell-membrane or damaging nuclear DNA. The cytotoxicity and wide scope for structural variation of M-TKs indicate the potential of synthetic metal-organic knots as a new field of chemical space for pharmaceutical design and development.
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- Farah Benyettou
- Program in Chemistry , New York University Abu Dhabi , UAE .
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- Program in Chemistry , New York University Abu Dhabi , UAE .
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- Program in Chemistry , New York University Abu Dhabi , UAE .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Rochester , Rochester , New York , USA
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- Program in Chemistry , New York University Abu Dhabi , UAE .
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Katoono R, Kusaka K, Saito Y, Sakamoto K, Suzuki T. Chiral diversification through the assembly of achiral phenylacetylene macrocycles with a two-fold bridge. Chem Sci 2019; 10:4782-4791. [PMID: 31160955 PMCID: PMC6510063 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00972h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We demonstrate so-called "chiral diversification", which is a design strategy to create multiple chiral molecules through the assembly and double-bridging of achiral components. We used phenylacetylene macrocycles (PAMs) as an achiral element. In a molecule, two achiral rings of [6]PAM are stacked one above the other, or bound to each other mechanically. As an alternative, a single enlarged ring of [12]PAM was also assumed to be a doubled form of [6]PAM. In any case, one or two ring(s) are doubly-bridged by covalent bonds to exert chirality. Through intramolecular two-bond formation, these multiple chiral molecules were obtained as a set of products in one reaction. The dynamic chirality generated in molecules with either two helically-stacked rings of [6]PAM or a single helically-folded ring of [12]PAM was characterized by induced Cotton effects with the aid of an external chiral source. Thus, a chiral structure based on [12]PAM could be demonstrated as the first success. Alternatively, enantiomeric separation was achieved for molecules with two interlocked rings of [6]PAM to show remarkable chiroptical properties.
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- Ryo Katoono
- Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81 11 706-3396
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- Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81 11 706-3396
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- Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81 11 706-3396
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- Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81 11 706-3396
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- Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81 11 706-3396
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Coordination-driven self-assembly of a molecular figure-eight knot and other topologically complex architectures. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2057. [PMID: 31053709 PMCID: PMC6499799 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10075-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Over the past decades, molecular knots and links have captivated the chemical community due to their promising mimicry properties in molecular machines and biomolecules and are being realized with increasing frequency with small molecules. Herein, we describe how to utilize stacking interactions and hydrogen-bonding patterns to form trefoil knots, figure-eight knots and [2]catenanes. A transformation can occur between the unique trefoil knot and its isomeric boat-shaped tetranuclear macrocycle by the complementary concentration effect. Remarkably, the realization and authentication of the molecular figure-eight knot with four crossings fills the blank about 41 knot in knot tables. The [2]catenane topology is obtained because the selective naphthalenediimide (NDI)-based ligand, which can engender favorable aromatic donor-acceptor π interactions due to its planar, electron-deficient aromatic surface. The stacking interactions and hydrogen-bond interactions play important roles in these self-assembly processes. The advantages provide an avenue for the generation of structurally and topologically complex supramolecular architectures. Molecular knots and links continue to fascinate synthetic chemists. Here, the authors use stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions between a set of similar building blocks to construct several complex molecular topologies, including a figure-eight knot and a trefoil knot.
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Leigh DA, Pirvu L, Schaufelberger F. Stereoselective Synthesis of Molecular Square and Granny Knots. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:6054-6059. [PMID: 30892025 PMCID: PMC6492950 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We
report on the stereoselective synthesis of both molecular granny
and square knots through the use of lanthanide-complexed overhand
knots of specific handedness as three-crossing “entanglement
synthons”. The composite knots are assembled by combining two
entanglement synthons (of the same chirality for a granny knot; of
opposite handedness for a square knot) in three synthetic steps: first,
a CuAAC reaction joins together one end of each overhand knot. Ring-closing
olefin metathesis (RCM) then affords the closed-loop knot, locking
the topology. This allows the lanthanide ions necessary for stabilizing
the entangled conformation of the synthons to subsequently be removed.
The composite knots were characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry and the chirality of the
knot stereoisomers compared by circular dichroism. The synthetic strategy
of combining building blocks of defined stereochemistry (here overhand
knots of Λ- or Δ-handed entanglement) is reminiscent of
the chiron approach of using minimalist chiral synthons in the stereoselective
synthesis of molecules with multiple asymmetric centers.
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- David A Leigh
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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Zhang L, Stephens AJ, Lemonnier JF, Pirvu L, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Robinson CJ, Leigh DA. Coordination Chemistry of a Molecular Pentafoil Knot. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:3952-3958. [PMID: 30742430 PMCID: PMC6438588 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The binding of Zn(II) cations to
a pentafoil (51) knotted
ligand allows the synthesis of otherwise inaccessible metalated molecular
pentafoil knots via transmetalation, affording the corresponding “first-sphere”
coordination Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) pentanuclear knots in good
yields (≥85%). Each of the knot complexes was characterized
by mass spectrometry, the diamagnetic (zinc) knot complex was characterized
by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and the zinc,
cobalt, and nickel pentafoil knots afforded single crystals whose
structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. Lehn-type circular
helicates generally only form with tris-bipy ligand strands and Fe(II)
(and, in some cases, Ni(II) and Zn(II)) salts, so such architectures
become accessible for other metal cations only through the use of
knotted ligands. The different metalated knots all exhibit “second-sphere”
coordination of a single chloride ion within the central cavity of
the knot through CH···Cl– hydrogen
bonding and electrostatic interactions. The chloride binding affinities
were determined in MeCN by isothermal titration calorimetry, and the
strength of binding was shown to vary over 3 orders of magnitude for
the different metal-ion–knotted-ligand second-sphere coordination
complexes.
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- Liang Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062 , China.,School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- SYNBIOCHEM, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology , University of Manchester , Manchester M1 7DN , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062 , China.,School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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Prakasam T, Devaraj A, Saha R, Lusi M, Brandel J, Esteban-Gómez D, Platas-Iglesias C, Olson MA, Mukherjee PS, Trabolsi A. Metal–Organic Self-Assembled Trefoil Knots for C—Br Bond Activation. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Thirumurugan Prakasam
- New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Experimental Research Building, Building C1, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Science, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7178, 67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias & Centro de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Facultade de Ciencias & Centro de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Experimental Research Building, Building C1, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Danon JJ, Leigh DA, Pisano S, Valero A, Vitorica‐Yrezabal IJ. A Six-Crossing Doubly Interlocked [2]Catenane with Twisted Rings, and a Molecular Granny Knot. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:13833-13837. [PMID: 30152565 PMCID: PMC6221036 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201807135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A molecular 6 2 3 link (a six crossing, doubly interlocked, [2]catenane with twisted rings) and a 31 #31 granny knot (a composite knot made up of two trefoil tangles of the same handedness) were constructed by ring-closing olefin metathesis of an iron(II)-coordinated 2×2 interwoven grid. The connections were directed by pendant phenyl groups to be between proximal ligand ends on the same faces of the grid. The 6 2 3 link was separated from the topoisomeric granny knot by recycling size-exclusion chromatography. The identity of each topoisomer was determined by tandem mass spectrometry and the structure of the 6 2 3 link confirmed by X-ray crystallography, which revealed two 82-membered macrocycles, each in figure-of-eight conformations, linked through both pairs of loops.
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- Jonathan J. Danon
- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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Danon JJ, Leigh DA, Pisano S, Valero A, Vitorica‐Yrezabal IJ. A Six‐Crossing Doubly Interlocked [2]Catenane with Twisted Rings, and a Molecular Granny Knot. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201807135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Jonathan J. Danon
- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Zhang L, Stephens AJ, Nussbaumer AL, Lemonnier JF, Jurček P, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Leigh DA. Stereoselective synthesis of a composite knot with nine crossings. Nat Chem 2018; 10:1083-1088. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0124-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Cougnon FBL, Caprice K, Pupier M, Bauzá A, Frontera A. A Strategy to Synthesize Molecular Knots and Links Using the Hydrophobic Effect. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:12442-12450. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Fabien B. L. Cougnon
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
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- Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
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Dehkordi ME, Luxami V, Pantoş GD. High-Yielding Synthesis of Chiral Donor–Acceptor Catenanes. J Org Chem 2018; 83:11654-11660. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Calverton Down, Bath BA27AY, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Calverton Down, Bath BA27AY, U.K
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Leigh DA, Pirvu L, Schaufelberger F, Tetlow DJ, Zhang L. Securing a Supramolecular Architecture by Tying a Stopper Knot. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:10484-10488. [PMID: 29708636 PMCID: PMC6099318 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201803871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
We report on a rotaxane-like architecture secured by the in situ tying of an overhand knot in the tris(2,6-pyridyldicarboxamide) region of the axle through complexation with a lanthanide ion (Lu3+ ). The increase in steric bulk caused by the knotting locks a crown ether onto the thread. Removal of the lutetium ion unties the knot, and when the axle binding site for the ring is deactivated, the macrocycle spontaneously dethreads. When the binding interaction is switched on again, the crown ether rethreads over the 10 nm length of the untangled strand. The overhand knot can be retied, relocking the threaded structure, by once again adding lutetium ions.
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- David A. Leigh
- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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Leigh DA, Pirvu L, Schaufelberger F, Tetlow DJ, Zhang L. Securing a Supramolecular Architecture by Tying a Stopper Knot. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201803871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David A. Leigh
- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Marenda M, Orlandini E, Micheletti C. Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3051. [PMID: 30076306 PMCID: PMC6076300 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05413-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Despite the several available strategies to build complex supramolecular constructs, only a handful of different molecular knots have been synthesised so far. Here, in response to the quest for further designable topologies, we use Monte Carlo sampling and molecular dynamics simulations, informed by general principles of supramolecular assembly, as a discovery tool for thermodynamically and kinetically accessible knot types made of helical templates. By combining this approach with the exhaustive enumeration of molecular braiding patterns applicable to more general template geometries, we find that only few selected shapes have the closed, symmetric and quasi-planar character typical of synthetic knots. The corresponding collection of admissible topologies is extremely restricted. It covers all known molecular knots but it especially includes a limited set of novel complex ones that have not yet been obtained experimentally, such as 10124 and 15n41185, making them privileged targets for future self-assembling experiments.
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- Mattia Marenda
- SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, I-34136, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Galileo Galilei", sezione INFN, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35131, Padova, Italy
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- SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, I-34136, Trieste, Italy.
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Jamieson EMG, Modicom F, Goldup SM. Chirality in rotaxanes and catenanes. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:5266-5311. [PMID: 29796501 PMCID: PMC6049620 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00097b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Although chiral mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been synthesised and studied, enantiopure examples are relatively under-represented in the pantheon of reported catenanes and rotaxanes and the underlying chirality of the system is often even overlooked. This is changing with the advent of new applications of MIMs in catalysis, sensing and materials and the appearance of new methods to access unusual stereogenic units unique to the mechanical bond. Here we discuss the different stereogenic units that have been investigated in catenanes and rotaxanes, examples of their application, methods for assigning absolute stereochemistry and provide a perspective on future developments.
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- E. M. G. Jamieson
- Chemistry
, University of Southampton
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University Road, Highfield
, Southampton
, SO17 1BJ
, UK
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- Chemistry
, University of Southampton
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University Road, Highfield
, Southampton
, SO17 1BJ
, UK
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- Chemistry
, University of Southampton
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University Road, Highfield
, Southampton
, SO17 1BJ
, UK
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Zhang L, August DP, Zhong J, Whitehead GFS, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Leigh DA. Molecular Trefoil Knot from a Trimeric Circular Helicate. J Am Chem Soc 2018. [PMID: 29537836 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b00738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report the two-step synthesis of a molecular trefoil knot in 90% overall yield through the self-assembly of a 12-component trimeric circular zinc helicate followed by ring closing metathesis of six pendant alkene chains. Both the trimeric circular helicate intermediate and the resulting trefoil knot were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography.
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- Liang Zhang
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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Ito S, Okada S, Sue R, Asami M. Synthesis of Macrocyclic Hexamine from Naphthalene-based C2-Symmetric Chiral Diamine and Dialdehyde. CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.171100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Suguru Ito
- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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Prakasam T, Bilbeisi RA, Lusi M, Olsen JC, Platas-Iglesias C, Trabolsi A. Post-synthetic modifications of cadmium-based knots and links. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 52:7398-401. [PMID: 27194510 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc02423h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Three topologically non-trivial cadmium(ii)-based complexes-Cd-[2]C, Cd-TK and Cd-SL-were simultaneously self-assembled in a dynamic library, individually isolated and fully characterized using solid-state, gas-phase and solution-phase techniques. Post-synthetic modifications, including reduction and transmetalation, were subsequently achieved. Imine bond reduction followed by demetallation led to the isolation of the corresponding organic molecules [2]C, TK and SL. Transmetalation of Cd-TK and Cd-SL with the zinc(ii) cation resulted in isolation of the corresponding zinc(ii)-containing complexes Zn-TK and Zn-SL.
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- Thirumurugan Prakasam
- New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Experimental Research Building (C1), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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- New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Experimental Research Building (C1), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Science, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
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- School of Sciences, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN 46904, USA
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira-Rúa da Fraga 10, 15008 A Coruña, Spain
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- New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Experimental Research Building (C1), Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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- Ye Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry; Fudan University; Shanghai 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry; Fudan University; Shanghai 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry; Fudan University; Shanghai 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry; Fudan University; Shanghai 200433 China
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The first synthetic molecular trefoil knot was prepared in the late 1980s. However, it is only in the last few years that more complex small-molecule knot topologies have been realized through chemical synthesis. The steric restrictions imposed on molecular strands by knotting can impart significant physical and chemical properties, including chirality, strong and selective ion binding, and catalytic activity. As the number and complexity of accessible molecular knot topologies increases, it will become increasingly useful for chemists to adopt the knot terminology employed by other disciplines. Here we give an overview of synthetic strategies towards molecular knots and outline the principles of knot, braid, and tangle theory appropriate to chemistry and molecular structure.
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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