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Bhattacharjee N, Gao X, Nathani A, Dobscha JR, Pink M, Ito T, Flood AH. Solvent Acts as the Referee in a Match-Up Between Charged and Preorganized Receptors. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302339. [PMID: 37615829 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302339] [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: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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The prevalence of anion-cation contacts in biomolecular recognition under aqueous conditions suggests that ionic interactions should dominate the binding of anions in solvents across both high and low polarities. Investigations of this idea using titrations in low polarity solvents are impaired by interferences from ion pairing that prevent a clear picture of binding. To address this limitation and test the impact of ion-ion interactions across multiple solvents, we quantified chloride binding to a cationic receptor after accounting for ion pairing. In these studies, we created a chelate receptor using aryl-triazole CH donors and a quinolinium unit that directs its cationic methyl inside the binding pocket. In low-polarity dichloromethane, the 1 : 1 complex (log K1 : 1 ~ 7.3) is more stable than neutral chelates, but fortuitously comparable to a preorganized macrocycle (log K1 : 1 ~ 6.9). Polar acetonitrile and DMSO diminish stabilities of the charged receptor (log K1 : 1 ~ 3.7 and 1.9) but surprisingly 100-fold more than the macrocycle. While both receptors lose stability by dielectric screening of electrostatic stability, the cationic receptor also pays additional costs of organization. Thus even though the charged receptor has stronger binding in apolar solvents, the uncharged receptor has more anion affinity in polar solvents.
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- Nabarupa Bhattacharjee
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, 213 CBC Building, 1212 Mid-campus Dr North, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, 213 CBC Building, 1212 Mid-campus Dr North, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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La Cognata S, Amendola V. Recent applications of organic cages in sensing and separation processes in solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:13668-13678. [PMID: 37902039 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04522f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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Organic cages are three-dimensional polycyclic compounds of great interest in the scientific community due to their unique features, which generally include simple synthesis based on the dynamic covalent chemistry strategies, structural tunability and high selectivity. In this feature article, we present the advances over the last ten years in the application of organic cages as chemosensors or components in chemosensing devices for the determination of analytes (pollutants, analytes of biological interest) in complex aqueous media including wine, fruit juice, urine. Details on the recent applications of organic cages as selective (back-)extractants or masking agents for potential applications in relevant separation processes, such as the plutonium and uranium recovery by extraction, are also provided. Over the last ten years, organic cages with permanent porosity in the liquid and solid states have been highly appreciated as porous materials able to discriminate molecules of different sizes. These features, combined with good solvent processability and film-forming tendency, have proved useful in the fabrication of membranes for gas separation, solvent nanofiltration and water remediation processes. An overview of the recent applications of organic cages in membrane separation technologies is given.
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- Sonia La Cognata
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia, I-27100, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia, I-27100, Italy.
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Li J, Yuan L, Yang Q, Zhang N, Sun T, Bao X. A Carbazole-1,8-Disulfonamide-Derived Cryptand Receptor for Anion Recognition. J Org Chem 2023; 88:14753-14759. [PMID: 37822159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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A novel cryptand-like anion receptor 1 was synthesized in reasonable yield by a one-step condensation reaction. The UV-vis spectroscopic titrations indicated that cryptand 1 bound AcO- in preference to other monovalent anions (including its competing F- and H2PO4-) in CH3CN, generating a 1:1 binding complex with Ka = 51,000 M-1. Moreover, the crystal structures revealed that the acetate ion was encapsulated inside the cryptand's cavity in a 1:1 manner, through multiple N-H···O hydrogen bonds (although having two different crystal forms).
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- Junhong Li
- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Instrumental Analysis Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou Key Laboratory of High Performance Computational Chemistry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Sudan S, Chen DW, Berton C, Fadaei-Tirani F, Severin K. Synthetic Receptors with Micromolar Affinity for Chloride in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218072. [PMID: 36628647 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A water-soluble coordination cage was obtained by reaction of Pd(NO3 )2 with a 1,3-di(pyridin-3-yl)benzene ligand featuring a short PEG chain. The cavity of the metal-organic cage contains one nitrate anion, which is readily replaced by chloride. The apparent association constant for chloride binding in buffered aqueous solution is Ka =1.8(±0.1)×105 M-1 . This value is significantly higher than what has been reported for other macrocyclic chloride receptors. The heavier halides Br- and I- compete with binding or self-assembly, but the receptor displays very good selectivity over common anions such as phosphate, acetate, carbonate, and sulfate. A further increase of the chloride binding affinity by a factor of 3 was achieved using a fluorinated dipyridyl ligand.
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- Sylvain Sudan
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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He L, Jiang C, Chen Z, Ma D, Yi L, Xi Z. A triple-diazonium reagent for virus crosslinking and the synthesis of an azo-linked molecular cage. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:7577-7581. [PMID: 36131636 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01583h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first bench-stable triple-diazonium reagent (TDA-1) was rationally designed and synthesized for coupling and crosslinking. The three reactive sites of TDA-1 can react with phenol-containing molecules as well as plant viruses in aqueous buffers efficiently. In addition, a new-type azo-linked cage was constructed by the direct reaction of TDA-1 with a triple-phenol molecule and was characterized by X-ray crystallography.
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- Lijun He
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites and Beijing Key Lab of Bioprocess, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Considering the wide interest in (benz)imidazolium-based drugs, we here report our study on a benzimidazolium-based organic cage as potential antimicrobial and antifungal agent. Cytotoxicity studies on a human derived cell line, SH-SY5Y, showed that the cage is not cytotoxic at all at the investigated concentrations. Anion binding studies demonstrated that the cage can bind anions (chloride and nitrate, in particular) both in organic solvent and 20%v D2O/CD3CN mixture. The cage was also tested as anionophore, showing a weak but measurable transport of chloride and nitrate across LUVs vesicles. Nonetheless, the compounds have antimicrobial activity towards Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive bacteria). This is probably the first organic cage studied as anionophore and antimicrobial agent.
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Chakraborty D, Mukherjee PS. Recent trends in organic cage synthesis: push towards water-soluble organic cages. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:5558-5573. [PMID: 35420101 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01014c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Research on organic cages has blossomed over the past few years into a mature field of study which can contribute to solving some of the challenging problems. In this review we aim to showcase the recent trends in synthesis of organic cages including a brief discussion on their use in catalysis, gas sorption, host-guest chemistry and energy transfer. Among the organic cages, water-soluble analogues are a special class of compounds which have gained renewed attention in recent times. Due to their advantage of being compatible with water, such cages have the potential of showing biomimetic activities and can find use in drug delivery and also as hosts for catalysis in aqueous medium. Hence, the synthetic strategies for the formation of water-soluble organic cages shall be discussed along with their potential applications.
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- Debsena Chakraborty
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.
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Macreadie LK, Gilchrist AM, McNaughton DA, Ryder WG, Fares M, Gale PA. Progress in anion receptor chemistry. Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kumawat LK, Wynne C, Cappello E, Fisher P, Brennan LE, Strofaldi A, McManus JJ, Hawes CS, Jolliffe KA, Gunnlaugsson T, Elmes RBP. Squaramide-Based Self-Associating Amphiphiles for Anion Recognition. Chempluschem 2021; 86:1058-1068. [PMID: 34351081 PMCID: PMC8456826 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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The synthesis and characterisation of two novel self-assembled amphiphiles (SSAs) SQS-1 and SQS-2 are reported. Both compounds, based on the squaramide motif, were fully soluble in a range of solvents and were shown to undergo self-assembly through a range of physical techniques. Self-assembly was shown to favour the formation of crystalline domains on the nanoscale but also fibrillar film formation, as suggested by SEM analysis. Moreover, both SQS-1 and SQS-2 were capable of anion recognition in DMSO solution as demonstrated using 1 H NMR and UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy, but displayed lower binding affinities for various anions when compared against other squaramide based receptors. In more competitive solvent mixtures SQS-1 gave rise to a colourimetric response in the presence of HPO42- that was clearly visible to the naked eye. We anticipate that the observed response is due to the basic nature of the HPO42- anion when compared against other biologically relevant anions.
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- Lokesh K. Kumawat
- Department of ChemistryMaynooth UniversityNational University of IrelandMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
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- Department of ChemistryMaynooth UniversityNational University of IrelandMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
- Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC)Ireland
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- School of ChemistryTrinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI)Trinity College DublinThe University of DublinDublin 2Ireland
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- Department of ChemistryMaynooth UniversityNational University of IrelandMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
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- Department of ChemistryMaynooth UniversityNational University of IrelandMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
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- Department of ChemistryMaynooth UniversityNational University of IrelandMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
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- Department of ChemistryMaynooth UniversityNational University of IrelandMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
- HH Wills Physics LaboratoryUniversity of BristolTyndall AvenueBristolBS8 1TLUnited Kingdom
- Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC)Ireland
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- School of Chemical and Physical SciencesKeele UniversityKeeleST5 5BGUnited Kingdom
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- School of ChemistryTrinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI)Trinity College DublinThe University of DublinDublin 2Ireland
- Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC)Ireland
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- Department of ChemistryMaynooth UniversityNational University of IrelandMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
- Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health ResearchMaynooth UniversityMaynoothCo. KildareIreland
- Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC)Ireland
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Liu C, Zhang Y, An Q. Functional Material Systems Based on Soft Cages. Chem Asian J 2021; 16:1198-1215. [PMID: 33742742 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Discrete molecular soft cages integrate multiple functionalities in one molecule. They express their functions from the confined space in their cavity, functional groups in the cavity interior wall and exterior wall, and the chelating nodes in many chelating cages. Such functional integrity render cage molecules special applications in material engineering. Increasing applications of cage molecules in material design have been reported in recent years. Compared with other cavity-rich molecular structures such as metal-organic framework (MOF) or covalent organic frameworks (COF), discrete soft cages present the unique advantage of material design flexibility, that they can easily composite with nanoparticles or polymers and exist in materials of various forms. We document the development of cage-based materials in recent years and expect to further inspire materials engineering to integrate contribution from the functionality specificity of cage molecules and ultimately promote the development of functional materials and thus human life qualities.
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- Chao Liu
- School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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Sarkar S, Sarkar P, Ghosh P. Heteroditopic Macrobicyclic Molecular Vessels for Single Step Aerial Oxidative Transformation of Primary Alcohol Appended Cross Azobenzenes. J Org Chem 2021; 86:6648-6664. [PMID: 33908241 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of oxy-ether tris-amino heteroditopic macrobicycles (L1-L4) with various cavity dimensions have been synthesized and explored for their Cu(II) catalyzed selective single step aerial oxidative cross-coupling of primary alcohol based anilines with several aromatic amines toward the formation of primary alcohol appended cross azobenzenes (POCABs). The beauty of this transformation is that the easily oxidizable benzyl/primary alcohol group remains unhampered during the course of this oxidation due to the protective oxy-ether pocket of this series of macrobicyclic vessels. Various dimensionalities of the molecular vessels have shown specific size complementary selection for substrates toward efficient syntheses of regioselective POCAB products. To establish the requirement of the three-dimensional cavity based additives, a particular catalytic reaction has been examined in the presence of macrobicycles (L2 and L3) versus macrocycles (MC1 and MC2) and tripodal acyclic (AC1 and AC2) analogous components, respectively. Subsequently, L1-L4 have been extensively utilized toward the syntheses of as many as 44 POCABs and are characterized by different spectroscopic techniques and single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.
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- Sayan Sarkar
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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Chakraborty D, Modak R, Howlader P, Mukherjee PS. De novo approach for the synthesis of water-soluble interlocked and non-interlocked organic cages. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:3995-3998. [PMID: 33885682 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc00627d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Research on self-assembled metallosupramolecular architectures has bloomed in recent times. Analogous metal-free organic architectures with water solubility are highly challenging. We report here a unique class of triazine based immidazolium water-soluble metal-free interlocked organic cage (1), which was synthesized in a one-pot reaction without using dynamic covalent chemistry and without any chromatographic separation. An analogous non-interlocked cage (2) was also successfully achieved by steric control using different positional isomers of the building blocks.
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- Debsena Chakraborty
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.
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Hua K, An Y, Wang Y, Han Y. Supramolecular Construction of a [16]‐Imidazolium Cage via a Quadruple [2+2] Photocycloaddition and Its Selective Fluorescent Recognition of Pyranine (HPTS). Chemistry 2020; 26:7190-7193. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kai Hua
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the, Ministry of EducationCollege of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNorthwest University Xi'an 710127 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the, Ministry of EducationCollege of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNorthwest University Xi'an 710127 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the, Ministry of EducationCollege of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNorthwest University Xi'an 710127 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the, Ministry of EducationCollege of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNorthwest University Xi'an 710127 P. R. China
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La Cognata S, Miljkovic A, Mobili R, Bergamaschi G, Amendola V. Organic Cages as Building Blocks for Mechanically Interlocked Molecules: Towards Molecular Machines. Chempluschem 2020; 85:1145-1155. [PMID: 32490593 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The research on systems able to perform controllable motions under external stimuli arises great interest in the scientific community. Over the years, a library of innovative devices has been produced, classified in different categories according to the molecular or supramolecular level of motion. This minireview aims to highlight some representative studies, in which organic cages are used as building blocks for mechanically interlocked molecules, and in which intramolecular motions are triggered by external input. However, the application of organic cages in the construction of molecular machines is hardly achieved. A good compromise must actually be reached, between flexibility and rigidity of the cage's framework for an effective control of the intra- and/or intermolecular motion in the final mechanical device. Our final goal is to stimulate researchers' curiosity towards cage-like molecules, so that they take on the challenge of converting a cage into a molecular machine.
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- Sonia La Cognata
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V. le Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V. le Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V. le Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Via M. Bianco 9, 20131, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V. le Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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Pavlović RZ, Zhiquan L, Güney M, Lalisse RF, Hopf RG, Gallucci J, Moore C, Xie H, Hadad CM, Badjić JD. Multivalent C−H⋅⋅⋅Cl/Br−C Interactions Directing the Resolution of Dynamic and Twisted Capsules. Chemistry 2019; 25:13124-13130. [PMID: 31282022 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Radoslav Z. Pavlović
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Science and Art Faculty Agri Ibrahim Çeçen University Agri Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210 USA
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