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Llamosí A, Szymański MP, Szumna A. Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:4434-4462. [PMID: 38497833 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00801k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Supramolecular vessels emerged as tools to mimic and better understand compartmentalisation, a central aspect of living matter. However, many more applications that go beyond those initial goals have been documented in recent years, including new sensory systems, artificial transmembrane transporters, catalysis, and targeted drug or gene delivery. Peptides, carbohydrates, nucleobases, and steroids bear great potential as building blocks for the construction of supramolecular vessels, possessing complexity that is still difficult to attain with synthetic methods - they are rich in functional groups and well-defined stereogenic centers, ready for noncovalent interactions and further functions. One of the options to tame the functional and dynamic complexity of natural building blocks is to place them at spatially designed positions using synthetic scaffolds. In this review, we summarise the historical and recent advances in the construction of molecular-sized vessels by the strategy that couples synthetic predictability and durability of various scaffolds (cyclodextrins, porphyrins, crown ethers, calix[n]arenes, resorcin[n]arenes, pillar[n]arenes, cyclotriveratrylenes, coordination frameworks and multivalent high-symmetry molecules) with functionality originating from natural building blocks to obtain nanocontainers, cages, capsules, cavitands, carcerands or coordination cages by covalent chemistry, self-assembly, or dynamic covalent chemistry with the ultimate goal to apply them in sensing, transport, or catalysis.
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- Arturo Llamosí
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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Campitiello M, Cremonini A, Squillaci MA, Pieraccini S, Ciesielski A, Samorì P, Masiero S. Self-Assembly of Functionalized Lipophilic Guanosines into Cation-Free Stacked Guanine-Quartets. J Org Chem 2021; 86:9970-9978. [PMID: 34279932 PMCID: PMC8389894 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The hierarchical self-assembly of various lipophilic guanosines exposing either a phenyl or a ferrocenyl group in the C(8) position was investigated. In a solution, all the derivatives were found to self-assemble primarily into isolated guanine (G)-quartets. In spite of the apparent similar bulkiness of the two substituents, most of the derivatives form disordered structures in the solid state, whereas a specific 8-phenyl derivative self-assembles into an unprecedented, cation-free stacked G-quartet architecture.
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- Marilena Campitiello
- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg and CNRS, ISIS, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg and CNRS, ISIS, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg and CNRS, ISIS, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, Bologna 40126, Italy
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Pineda LH, Tecuapa-Flores ED, Hernández JG, Thangarasu P, Vázquez Ramos JM. Ruthenium complex of bis(benzimidazole-yl-ethyl)sulfide as chemo-sensor for selective recognition of chloride ion, and its application in real bacterial samples. Inorganica Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Martín‐Arroyo M, Prado A, Chamorro R, Bilbao N, González‐Rodríguez D. Elucidating Noncovalent Reaction Mechanisms: G‐Quartet as an Intermediate in G‐Quadruplex Assembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Miguel Martín‐Arroyo
- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group Departamento de Química Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group Departamento de Química Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group Departamento de Química Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group Departamento de Química Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group Departamento de Química Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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Martín-Arroyo M, Del Prado A, Chamorro R, Bilbao N, González-Rodríguez D. Elucidating Noncovalent Reaction Mechanisms: G-Quartet as an Intermediate in G-Quadruplex Assembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9041-9046. [PMID: 32125063 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In analogy to covalent reactions, the understanding of noncovalent association pathways is fundamental to influence and control any supramolecular process. Following an approach that is reminiscent of covalent methodologies, we study here, for the first time, the mechanism of G-quadruplex formation in organic solvents. Our results support a reaction pathway in which the cation shifts the equilibrium towards a G-quartet transient intermediate, which then acts as a template in the formation of the G-quadruplex product.
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- Miguel Martín-Arroyo
- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) Group, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Stefan L, Monchaud D. Applications of guanine quartets in nanotechnology and chemical biology. Nat Rev Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s41570-019-0132-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Aparicio F, Mayoral MJ, Montoro-García C, González-Rodríguez D. Guidelines for the assembly of hydrogen-bonded macrocycles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:7277-7299. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03166a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This article highlights selected examples on the synthesis of hydrogen-bonded macrocycles from ditopic molecules and analyze the main factors, often interrelated, that influence the equilibrium between ring and chain species.
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- F. Aparicio
- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) group
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) group
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) group
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials (MSMn) group
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
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Consoli GML, Di Bari I, Blanco AR, Nostro A, D’Arrigo M, Pistarà V, Sortino S. Design, Synthesis, and Antibacterial Activity of a Multivalent Polycationic Calix[4]arene-NO Photodonor Conjugate. ACS Med Chem Lett 2017; 8:881-885. [PMID: 28835806 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The role of nitric oxide (NO) as an antimicrobial and anticancer agent continues to stimulate the search of compounds generating NO in a controlled fashion. Photochemical generators of NO are particularly appealing due to the accurate spatiotemporal control that light-triggering offers. This contribution reports a novel molecular construct in which multiple units of 3-(trifluoromethyl)-4-nitrobenzenamine NO photodonor are clustered and spatially organized by covalent linkage to a calix[4]arene scaffold bearing two quaternary ammonium groups at the lower rim. This multivalent calix[4]arene-NO donor conjugate is soluble in hydro-alcoholic solvent where it forms nanoaggregates able to release NO under the exclusive control of visible light inputs. The light-stimulated antibacterial activity of the nanoconstruct is demonstrated by the effective bacterial load reduction of Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 and Gram-negative Escherichia coli ATCC 10536.
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- Grazia M. L. Consoli
- Institute
of Biomolecular Chemistry, C.N.R., Via P. Gaifami, 18, 95126 Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory
of Photochemistry, Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Polo Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Polo Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Laboratory
of Photochemistry, Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory
of Photochemistry, Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Guadalupe Hernández J, Huerta-Aguilar CA, Thangarasu P, Höpfl H. A ruthenium(iii) complex derived from N,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine as a chemosensor for the selective recognition of acetate and its interaction with cells for bio-imaging: experimental and theoretical studies. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj01591g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A ruthenium(iii) complex ofN,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine (L1) was used as chemosensor for the recognition of acetate in cells for bio-imaging.
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- José Guadalupe Hernández
- Centro Tecnológico
- Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES-Aragón)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
- Estado de México
- Mexico
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- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
- Ciudad Universitaria
- Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas
- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad 1001
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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Mayoral MJ, Bilbao N, González‐Rodríguez D. Hydrogen-Bonded Macrocyclic Supramolecular Systems in Solution and on Surfaces. ChemistryOpen 2016; 5:10-32. [PMID: 27308207 PMCID: PMC4906493 DOI: 10.1002/open.201500171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cyclization into closed assemblies is the most recurrent approach to realize the noncovalent synthesis of discrete, well-defined nanostructures. This review article particularly focuses on the noncovalent synthesis of monocyclic hydrogen-bonded systems that are self-assembled from a single molecule with two binding-sites. Taking advantage of intramolecular binding events, which are favored with respect to intermolecular binding in solution, can afford quantitative amounts of a given supramolecular species under thermodynamic control. The size of the assembly depends on geometric issues such as the monomer structure and the directionality of the binding interaction, whereas the fidelity achieved relies largely on structural preorganization, low degrees of conformational flexibility, and templating effects. Here, we discuss several examples described in the literature in which cycles of different sizes, from dimers to hexamers, are studied by diverse solution or surface characterization techniques.
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- María J. Mayoral
- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials GroupDepartamento de Química OrgánicaFacultad de CienciasUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials GroupDepartamento de Química OrgánicaFacultad de CienciasUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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- Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials GroupDepartamento de Química OrgánicaFacultad de CienciasUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid28049MadridSpain
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This paper highlights recent developments in the design and construction of functional materials such as supramolecular hydrogels and ion channels using a guanine motif as a self-assembling building block.
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- Jyotirmayee Dash
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
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Flack T, Constantin T, Penasse S, Dejeu J, Gennaro B, Jourdan M, Laguerre A, Pirrotta M, Monchaud D, Spinelli N, Defrancq E. Prefolded Synthetic G-Quartets Display Enhanced Bioinspired Properties. Chemistry 2015; 22:1760-7. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Theodore Flack
- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire; Université de Bourgogne (ICMUB); CNRS UMR 6302; 21078 Dijon France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire; Université de Bourgogne (ICMUB); CNRS UMR 6302; 21078 Dijon France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire; Université de Bourgogne (ICMUB); CNRS UMR 6302; 21078 Dijon France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Département de Chimie Moléculaire; CNRS UMR 5250; 38041 Grenoble France
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Wang DH, Gong Z, Sun R, Zhao DZ. A turn-on fluorescent chemosensor for selective responses of copper(ii) ion pairs. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj00860c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New piperazine-based aminonaphthalimide imidazolium podands as fluorescent chemosensor was designed and synthesized for selectively sensing Cu(ClO4)2 and Cu(NO3)2 over a wide range of tested metal ion pairs.
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- De-Hui Wang
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering
- Liaoning Shihua University
- Fushun
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering
- Liaoning Shihua University
- Fushun
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering
- Liaoning Shihua University
- Fushun
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering
- Liaoning Shihua University
- Fushun
- China
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Chawla HM, Kar JR, Siddiqui WA, Kumar N, Black DS. A new calix[4]arene based nucleobase for cation recognition. Tetrahedron Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gadakh B, Vondenhoff G, Lescrinier E, Rozenski J, Froeyen M, Van Aerschot A. Base substituted 5'-O-(N-isoleucyl)sulfamoyl nucleoside analogues as potential antibacterial agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:2875-86. [PMID: 24746466 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Aminoacyl-sulfamoyl adenosines are well-known nanomolar inhibitors of the corresponding prokaryotic and eukaryotic tRNA synthetases in vitro. Inspired by the aryl-tetrazole containing compounds of Cubist Pharmaceuticals and the modified base as found in the natural antibiotic albomycin, the selectivity issue of the sulfamoylated adenosines prompted us to investigate the pharmacophoric importance of the adenine base. We therefore synthesized and evaluated several isoleucyl-sulfamoyl nucleoside analogues with either uracil, cytosine, hypoxanthine, guanine, 1,3-dideaza-adenine (benzimidazole) or 4-nitro-benzimidazole as the heterocyclic base. Based on the structure and antibacterial activity of microcin C, we also prepared their hexapeptidyl conjugates in an effort to improve their uptake potential. We further compared their antibacterial activity with the parent isoleucyl-sulfamoyl adenosine (Ile-SA), both in in vitro and in cellular assays. Surprisingly, the strongest in vitro inhibition was found for the uracil containing analogue 16f. Unfortunately, only very weak growth inhibitory properties were found as of low uptake. The results are discussed in the light of previous literature findings.
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- Bharat Gadakh
- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium.
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McMahon BK, Parker D. Selective ion pair recognition of citrate and zinc ions in water by ratiometric luminescence signaling. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra07894b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cooperative ion pair recognition of citrate and zinc ions occurs selectively in water at pH 7.4 and is signalled by modulation of europium emission in a ditopic macrocyclic complex.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Durham University
- Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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Kodiah Beyeh N, Göth M, Kaufmann L, Schalley CA, Rissanen K. The Synergetic Interplay of Weak Interactions in the Ion-Pair Recognition of Quaternary and Diquaternary Ammonium Salts by Halogenated Resorcinarenes. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bare GAL, Liu B, Sherman JC. Synthesis of a Single G-Quartet Platform in Water. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:11985-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja405100z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Grant A. L. Bare
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Park K, Choe JI. Computational study of ion-pair recognition by heteroditopic calix[4]diquinone derivative. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lipophilic thioguanosine: An anion receptor for cesium fluoride. J Fluor Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2013.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhou J, Bourdoncle A, Rosu F, Gabelica V, Mergny JL. Tri-G-Quadruplex: Controlled Assembly of a G-Quadruplex Structure from Three G-Rich Strands. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201205390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zhou J, Bourdoncle A, Rosu F, Gabelica V, Mergny JL. Tri-G-quadruplex: controlled assembly of a G-quadruplex structure from three G-rich strands. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:11002-5. [PMID: 23038222 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In my (DNA) dreams: A tri-G-quadruplex was constructed from three strands (T1-T3) of DNA using duplex formation to guide the G-rich tracts into close proximity with the addition of Li(+) ions (see scheme). The defined G-quadruplex structure was formed upon addition of Na(+) ions and characterized by gel electrophoresis and spectroscopy.
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- Jun Zhou
- Univ. Bordeaux, ARNA Laboratory, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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Abdul-Kadir M, Clements PR, Hanton LR, Hollis CA, Sumby CJ. Pre-organisation or a hydrogen bonding mismatch: silver(I) diamide ligand coordination polymers versus discrete metallo-macrocyclic assemblies. Supramol Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2012.699052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Maisara Abdul-Kadir
- a School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , Australia
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- a School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , Australia
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- b Department of Chemistry , University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand
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- a School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , Australia
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- a School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , Australia
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Picot SC, Mullaney BR, Beer PD. Ion-pair recognition by a heteroditopic triazole-containing receptor. Chemistry 2012; 18:6230-7. [PMID: 22488708 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A new heteroditopic calix[4]diquinone triazole containing receptor capable of recognising both cations and anions through Lewis base and C-H hydrogen-bonding modes, respectively, of the triazole motif has been prepared. This ion-pair receptor cooperatively binds halide/monovalent-cation combinations in an aqueous mixture, with selectivity trends being established by (1)H NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Cation binding by the calix[4]diquinone oxygen and triazole nitrogen donors enhances the strength of the halide complexation at the isophthalamide recognition site of the receptor. Conversely, anions bound in the receptor's isophthalamide cavity enhance cation recognition. (1)H NMR investigations in solution suggest that the receptor's triazole motifs are capable of coordinating simultaneously to both cation and anion guest species. Solid-state X-ray crystallographic structural analysis of a variety of receptor ion-pair adducts further demonstrates the dual cation-anion binding role of the triazole group.
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- Simon C Picot
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK
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Wu G, Zhu J. NMR studies of alkali metal ions in organic and biological solids. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 61:1-70. [PMID: 22340207 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2011.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2010] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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- Gang Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Ni XL, Tahara J, Rahman S, Zeng X, Hughes DL, Redshaw C, Yamato T. Ditopic receptors based on lower- and upper-rim substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arenes: cation-controlled hydrogen bonding of anion. Chem Asian J 2012; 7:519-27. [PMID: 22246650 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Heteroditopic hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene receptors that are capable of binding an anion and a cation simultaneously in a cooperative fashion were synthesized. The structure of one of the triamide derivatives was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The binding of alkali metals at the lower rim, and the binding of anions (chloride, bromide) at the upper rim, has been investigated by using (1)H NMR titration experiments. Alkali metal binding at the lower rim controls the calix cavity. Li(+)-ion binding to the lower rim can improve the binding ability of anions at the upper rim amide moiety by a factor of 15, thus suggesting a strong positive allosteric effect for anion recognition. However, when a Na(+) cation is bound to the ionophoric site on the lower rim, the calix cavity is changed from a "flattened cone" to a more-upright form, which is favored for intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the neighboring NH and C=O groups; this change can block the inclusion of anions onto the amide moiety at the upper rim, which strongly suggests a negative allosteric effect of Na(+)-ion binding, which controls the cooperative recognition system.
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- Xin-Long Ni
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, 1 Honjo-machi 1, Saga-shi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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Bonnet R, Murat P, Spinelli N, Defrancq E. Click–click chemistry on a peptidic scaffold for easy access to tetrameric DNA structures. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:5992-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc32010j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Sautrey G, Clarot I, Rogalska E, Regnouf-de-Vains JB. New potential prodrugs of aciclovir using calix[4]arene as a lipophilic carrier: synthesis and drug-release studies at the air–water interface. NEW J CHEM 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2nj40338b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Liu W, Minier MA, Franz AH, Curtis M, Xue L. Synthesis of nucleobase-calix[4]arenes via click chemistry and evaluation of their complexation with alkali metal ions and molecular assembly. Supramol Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2011.632824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Wanbo Liu
- a Department of Chemistry , University of the Pacific , Stockton , CA , 95211 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , University of the Pacific , Stockton , CA , 95211 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , University of the Pacific , Stockton , CA , 95211 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , University of the Pacific , Stockton , CA , 95211 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , University of the Pacific , Stockton , CA , 95211 , USA
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Webber AL, Masiero S, Pieraccini S, Burley JC, Tatton AS, Iuga D, Pham TN, Spada GP, Brown SP. Identifying guanosine self assembly at natural isotopic abundance by high-resolution 1H and 13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:19777-95. [PMID: 22034827 DOI: 10.1021/ja206516u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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By means of the (1)H chemical shifts and the proton-proton proximities as identified in (1)H double-quantum (DQ) combined rotation and multiple-pulse spectroscopy (CRAMPS) solid-state NMR correlation spectra, ribbon-like and quartet-like self-assembly can be identified for guanosine derivatives without isotopic labeling for which it was not possible to obtain single crystals suitable for diffraction. Specifically, characteristic spectral fingerprints are observed for dG(C10)(2) and dG(C3)(2) derivatives, for which quartet-like and ribbon-like self-assembly has been unambiguously identified by (15)N refocused INADEQUATE spectra in a previous study of (15)N-labeled derivatives (Pham, T. N.; et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2005, 127, 16018). The NH (1)H chemical shift is observed to be higher (13-15 ppm) for ribbon-like self-assembly as compared to 10-11 ppm for a quartet-like arrangement, corresponding to a change from NH···N to NH···O intermolecular hydrogen bonding. The order of the two NH(2)(1)H chemical shifts is also inverted, with the NH(2) proton closest in space to the NH proton having a higher or lower (1)H chemical shift than that of the other NH(2) proton for ribbon-like as opposed to quartet-like self-assembly. For the dG(C3)(2) derivative for which a single-crystal diffraction structure is available, the distinct resonances and DQ peaks are assigned by means of gauge-including projector-augmented wave (GIPAW) chemical shift calculations. In addition, (14)N-(1)H correlation spectra obtained at 850 MHz under fast (60 kHz) magic-angle spinning (MAS) confirm the assignment of the NH and NH(2) chemical shifts for the dG(C3)(2) derivative and allow longer range through-space N···H proximities to be identified, notably to the N7 nitrogens on the opposite hydrogen-bonding face.
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- Amy L Webber
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Kwan IC, She YM, Wu G. Nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry studies of 2′,3′,5′-O-triacetylguanosine self-assembly in the presence of alkaline earth metal ions (Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+). CAN J CHEM 2011. [DOI: 10.1139/v10-179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We report structural determination of cation-templated self-assembly of a guanosine derivative, 2′,3′,5′-O-triacetylguanosine (TAG), in the presence of three alkaline earth metal ions (Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+) in CDCl3. Using a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) methods, we have found that TAG molecules form discrete octamers in the form of [TAG]8M2+ (M2+ = Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+), which is composed of two G-quartets and a sandwiched metal ion. We have determined the ability of the three alkaline earth metal ions to promote TAG self-assembly (relative binding affinity) to be Sr2+ ≫ Ba2+ > Ca2+. More importantly, we have used two-dimensional (2D) NMR methods to determine the structural details of [TAG]8Sr2+. In particular, we found that each octamer consists of an all-anti G-quartet stacking on top of an all-syn G-quartet in a tail-to-head fashion with a twist angle of 45° between the two G-quartets. This TAG octamer structure represents a unique case quite different from other lipophilic guanosine octamers reported in the literature.
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- Irene C.M. Kwan
- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Murat P, Gennaro B, Garcia J, Spinelli N, Dumy P, Defrancq E. The Use of a Peptidic Scaffold for the Formation of Stable Guanine Tetrads: Control of a H-bonded Pattern in Water. Chemistry 2011; 17:5791-5. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nikan M, Bare GA, Sherman JC. Synthesis of a water-soluble triazole-linked cavitand–guanosine conjugate. Tetrahedron Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Perraud O, Robert V, Martinez A, Dutasta JP. The Cooperative Effect in Ion-Pair Recognition by a Ditopic Hemicryptophane Host. Chemistry 2011; 17:4177-82. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Revised: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Pan MY, Hang W, Zhao XJ, Zhao H, Deng PC, Xing ZH, Qing Y, He Y. Janus-type AT nucleosides: synthesis, solid and solution state structures. Org Biomol Chem 2011; 9:5692-702. [DOI: 10.1039/c1ob05577a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Compared with simple ion receptors, which are able to bind either a cation or an anion, ion pair receptors bearing both a cation and an anion recognition site offer the promise of binding ion pairs or pairs of ions strongly as the result of direct or indirect cooperative interactions between co-bound ions. This critical review focuses on the recent progress in the design of ion pair receptors and summarizes the various binding modes that have been used to accommodate ion pairs (110 references).
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- Sung Kuk Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1 University Station-A5300, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-0165, USA; Fax: +1 512 471 7550; Tel: +1 512 471 5009
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1 University Station-A5300, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-0165, USA; Fax: +1 512 471 7550; Tel: +1 512 471 5009
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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Irfan Ashiq M, Tesfatsion BF, Gaggini F, Dixon S, Kilburn JD. Dimeric Self‐Assembly of Pyridyl Guanidinium Carboxylates in Polar Solvents. Chemistry 2010; 16:12387-97. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ (UK)
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ (UK)
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ (UK)
- Present address: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS (UK), Fax: (+44) 020‐78822848
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Qiao XF, Zhang HY, Yan B. Photoactive binary and ternary lanthanide (Eu3+, Tb3+, Nd3+) hybrids with p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene derived Si–O linkages and polymers. Dalton Trans 2010; 39:8882-92. [DOI: 10.1039/c0dt00290a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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González-Rodríguez D, Janssen PGA, Martín-Rapún R, Cat ID, Feyter SD, Schenning APHJ, Meijer EW. Persistent, Well-Defined, Monodisperse, π-Conjugated Organic Nanoparticles via G-Quadruplex Self-Assembly. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 132:4710-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja908537k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- David González-Rodríguez
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, and Institute of Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Roelens S, Vacca A, Francesconi O, Venturi C. Ion-Pair Binding: Is Binding Both Binding Better? Chemistry 2009; 15:8296-302. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Supramolecular chemistry has expanded dramatically in recent years both in terms of potential applications and in its relevance to analogous biological systems. The formation and function of supramolecular complexes occur through a multiplicity of often difficult to differentiate noncovalent forces. The aim of this Review is to describe the crucial interaction mechanisms in context, and thus classify the entire subject. In most cases, organic host-guest complexes have been selected as examples, but biologically relevant problems are also considered. An understanding and quantification of intermolecular interactions is of importance both for the rational planning of new supramolecular systems, including intelligent materials, as well as for developing new biologically active agents.
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- Hans-Jörg Schneider
- Organische Chemie, Universität des Saarlandes, 66041 Saarbrücken, Deutschland.
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Pei H, Germann MW, Allison SA. Translational Diffusion Constants of Short Peptides: Measurement by NMR and Their Use in Structural Studies of Peptides. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:9326-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp902143q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hongxia Pei
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4098, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4098
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4098, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4098
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4098, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4098
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Nikan M, Sherman JC. Cation-Complexation Behavior of Template-Assembled Synthetic G-Quartets. J Org Chem 2009; 74:5211-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jo9001245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Mehran Nikan
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z1
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van der Wijst T, Fonseca Guerra C, Swart M, Bickelhaupt FM, Lippert B. A ditopic ion-pair receptor based on stacked nucleobase quartets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009; 48:3285-7. [PMID: 19338009 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Pass the salt, please! State-of-the-art computations indicate that the stacking complex of a guanine quartet and an adenine quartet (G(4)A(4)) can function as a potent ditopic receptor for NaCl in aqueous solution (see picture; Na(+), Cl(-) yellow, O red, N blue, C black, H white).
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- Tushar van der Wijst
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling, Scheikundig Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van der Wijst T, Fonseca Guerra C, Swart M, Bickelhaupt F, Lippert B. A Ditopic Ion-Pair Receptor Based on Stacked Nucleobase Quartets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200900057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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