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Murata M, Koide T, Kobayashi O, Hiraoka S, Shimazaki T, Tachikawa M. Molecular Dynamics Study on the Structure-Property Relationship of Self-Assembled Gear-Shaped Amphiphile Molecules with/without Methyl Groups. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:328-334. [PMID: 36542848 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gaining insight into the encapsulation mechanism is important for controlling the encapsulation rate toward the self-assembly of gear-shaped amphiphile molecules (GSAs). To this aim, we conducted molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for three different hexameric nanocubes (1612+, 2612+, and 3612+) of GSAs (12+, 22+, and 32+, respectively) to elucidate the quantitative structure-property relationship between the stability of the nanocubes and the rate of encapsulation of a guest molecule. The 12+, 22+, and 32+ monomers differ from each other in the number of methyl groups, having three, zero, and two methyl groups, respectively. The 3612+ hexamer has methyl groups only on the equatorial region. In the cases of the simulations of 1612+ and 3612+, the cubic structures are maintained due to a tight triple-π stacking around the equator region. Meanwhile, 2612+ deforms easily due to the occurrence of a large fluctuation. These results indicate that the methyl groups on the equator are crucial to stabilize the nanocubes. The encapsulation of an iodide ion as a guest molecule is revealed to occur through the pole region via a gap that is easily formed in the nanocubes without methyl groups on the poles. Our study clearly suggests that self-assembled nanocubes can be designed to attain a specific stability and encapsulation efficiency simultaneously.
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- Moe Murata
- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama236-0027, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama236-0027, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama236-0027, Kanagawa, 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, Tokyo153-8902Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama236-0027, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama236-0027, Kanagawa, Japan
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Sawanaka Y, Yamashina M, Ohtsu H, Toyota S. A self-complementary macrocycle by a dual interaction system. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5648. [PMID: 36163173 PMCID: PMC9512892 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33357-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Self-complementary assembly is one of the most promising phenomena for the formation of discrete assemblies, e.g., proteins and capsids. However, self-complementary assembly based on multiple host-guest systems has been scarcely reported due to the difficulty in controlling each assembly. Herein, we report a dual interaction system in which the key assembly direction is well regulated by both π-π stacking and hydrogen bonding to construct a self-complementary macrocycle. Continuous host-guest behavior of anthracene-based molecular tweezers during crystallization leads to successful construction of a cyclic hexamer, which is reminiscent of Kekulé’s monkey model. Furthermore, the cyclic hexamer in a tight and triple-layered fashion shows hierarchical assembly into cuboctahedron and rhombohedral assemblies in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid. Our findings would be potentially one of metal-free strategies for constructing anthracene-based supramolecular assemblies with higher-order structure. In nature, HIV capsid consists of single class of protein unit by self-complementarity. Here, the authors find that a molecular tweezer forms a cyclic hexamer by its continuous host-guest behavior, and constructs a large cuboctahedron by hierarchical assembly.
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- Yuta Sawanaka
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
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Sakowicz AM, Szumna A. Chiral Water-Soluble Molecular Capsules With Amphiphilic Interiors. Front Chem 2022; 10:883093. [PMID: 35494632 PMCID: PMC9047736 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.883093] [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] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We present the synthesis of new chiral water-soluble dimeric capsules by the multicomponent Mannich reaction between charged amino acids (glutamic acid or arginine), resorcinarene, and formaldehyde and by subsequent self-assembly. The zwitterionic character of the backbones enables electrostatic interactions between arms and induces self-assembly of dimeric capsules, namely, (L-ArgR)2 and (L-GluR)2, in water with a wide range of pH, as demonstrated by NMR, diffusion coefficient measurement, and circular dichroism. The assembly/disassembly processes are fast on the NMR timescale. This mode of dimerization leaves side chains available for additional interactions and creates chiral cavities of mixed hydrophobic/hydrophilic character. According to this characteristic, capsules do not bind fully nonpolar or fully polar guests but effectively encapsulate a variety of chiral molecules with mixed polar/apolar characters (aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes, epoxides, alcohols, carboxylic acids, amines, and amino acids) with moderate strength. We also demonstrate the formation of heterocapsules (GluR) (ArgR) (homo- and heterochiral) that utilize additional interactions between charged acidic and basic side chains and have better encapsulation properties than those of the homodimers.
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Kumar A, Banerjee R, Zangrando E, Mukherjee PS. Solvent and Counteranion Assisted Dynamic Self-Assembly of Molecular Triangles and Tetrahedral Cages. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:2368-2377. [PMID: 35029966 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Self-assembly of naked PdII ions separately with newly designed bis(3-pyridyl)benzothiadiazole (L1) and bis(3-pyridyl)thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (L2) donors separately, under varying experimental conditions, yielded Pd4L8 (L= L1 or L2) tetrahedral cages and their homologous Pd3L6 (L= L1 or L2) double-walled triangular macrocycles. The resulting assemblies exhibited solvent, temperature, and counteranion induced dynamic equilibrium. Treatment of L1 with Pd(BF4)2 in acetonitrile (ACN) resulted in selective formation of a tetrahedral cage [Pd4(L1)8](BF4)8 (1a), which is in dynamic equilibrium with its homologue triangle [Pd3(L1)6](BF4)6 (2a) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). On the other hand, similar self-assembly using L2 instead of L1 yielded an equilibrium mixture of tetrahedral cage [Pd4(L2)8](BF4)8 (3a) and triangle [Pd3(L2)6](BF4)6 (4a) forms in both ACN and DMSO. The assembles were characterized by multinuclear NMR and ESI-MS while the structure of the tetrahedral cage (1a) was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Existence of a dynamic equilibrium between the assemblies in solution has been investigated via variable temperature 1H NMR. The equilibrium constant K = ([Pd4L8]3/[Pd3L6]4) was calculated at each experimental temperature and fitted with the Van't Hoff equation to determine the standard enthalpy (ΔH°) and entropy (ΔS°) associated with the interconversion of the double-walled triangle to tetrahedral cage. The thermodynamic feasibility of structural interconversion was analyzed from the change in ΔG°, which suggests favorable conversion of Pd3L6 triangle to Pd4L8 cage at elevated temperature for L1 in DMSO and L2 in ACN. Interestingly, similar self-assembly reactions of L1 and L2 with Pd(NO3)2 instead of Pd(BF4)2 resulted in selective formation of a tetrahedral cage [Pd4(L1)8](NO3)8 (1b) and double-walled triangle [Pd3(L2)6](NO3)6 (4b), respectively.
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- Atul Kumar
- 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 Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste 34127, Italy
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Zhan YY, Hiraoka S. Molecular “Hozo”: Thermally Stable Yet Conformationally Flexible Self-Assemblies Driven by Tight Molecular Meshing. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yi-Yang Zhan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, 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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Grau BW, Dill M, Hampel F, Kahnt A, Jux N, Tsogoeva SB. Four‐Step Domino Reaction Enables Fully Controlled Non‐Statistical Synthesis of Hexaarylbenzene with Six Different Aryl Groups**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Benedikt W. Grau
- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Nikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Nikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Nikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) Permoserstr. 15 04318 Leipzig Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Nikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Nikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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Grau BW, Dill M, Hampel F, Kahnt A, Jux N, Tsogoeva SB. Four-Step Domino Reaction Enables Fully Controlled Non-Statistical Synthesis of Hexaarylbenzene with Six Different Aryl Groups*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:22307-22314. [PMID: 34060211 PMCID: PMC8518863 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hexaarylbenzene (HAB) derivatives are versatile aromatic systems playing a significant role as chromophores, liquid crystalline materials, molecular receptors, molecular-scale devices, organic light-emitting diodes and candidates for organic electronics. Statistical synthesis of simple symmetrical HABs is known via cyclotrimerization or Diels-Alder reactions. By contrast, the synthesis of more complex, asymmetrical systems, and without involvement of statistical steps, remains an unsolved problem. Here we present a generally applicable synthetic strategy to access asymmetrical HAB via an atom-economical and high-yielding metal-free four-step domino reaction using nitrostyrenes and α,α-dicyanoolefins as easily available starting materials. Resulting domino product-functionalized triarylbenzene (TAB)-can be used as a key starting compound to furnish asymmetrically substituted hexaarylbenzenes in high overall yield and without involvement of statistical steps. This straightforward domino process represents a distinct approach to create diverse and still unexplored HAB scaffolds, containing six different aromatic rings around central benzene core.
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- Benedikt W. Grau
- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-NürnbergNikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 1091058ErlangenGermany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-NürnbergNikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 1091058ErlangenGermany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-NürnbergNikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 1091058ErlangenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)Permoserstr. 1504318LeipzigGermany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-NürnbergNikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 1091058ErlangenGermany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-NürnbergNikolaus Fiebiger-Straße 1091058ErlangenGermany
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Devibala P, Balambiga B, Noureen S, Nagarajan S. Hexaarylbenzene based high-performance p-channel molecules for electronic applications. RSC Adv 2021; 11:11672-11701. [PMID: 35423632 PMCID: PMC8696071 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00217a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Hexaarylbenzene-based molecules find potential applications in organic electronics due to wider energy gap, high HOMO level, higher photoconductivity, electron-rich nature, and high hole-transporting property. Due to the unique propeller structure, these molecules show low susceptibility towards self-aggregation. This property can be tailored by proper molecular engineering by the incorporation of appropriate groups. Therefore, hexaarylbenzene chromophores are widely used as the materials for high-efficiency light-emitting materials, charge transport materials, host materials, redox materials, photochemical switches, and molecular receptors. This review highlights the diverse structural modification techniques used for the synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical structures. Also, the potential applications of these molecules in organic light-emitting diodes, organic field-effect transistors, organic photovoltaics, organic memory devices, and logic circuits are discussed.
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- Panneerselvam Devibala
- Organic Electronics Division, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur 610 005 India
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- Organic Electronics Division, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur 610 005 India
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- Organic Electronics Division, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur 610 005 India
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- Organic Electronics Division, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur 610 005 India
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Kumar A, Saha R, Mukherjee PS. Self-assembled metallasupramolecular cages towards light harvesting systems for oxidative cyclization. Chem Sci 2021; 12:5319-5329. [PMID: 34163765 PMCID: PMC8179592 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00097g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Designing artificial light harvesting systems with the ability to utilize the output energy for fruitful application in aqueous medium is an intriguing topic for the development of clean and sustainable energy. We report here facile synthesis of three prismatic molecular cages as imminent supramolecular optoelectronic materials via two-component coordination-driven self-assembly of a new tetra-imidazole donor (L) in combination with 180°/120° di-platinum(ii) acceptors. Self-assembly of 180° trans-Pt(ii) acceptors A1 and A2 with L leads to the formation of cages Pt4 L 2(1a) and Pt8 L 2(2a) respectively, while 120°-Pt(ii) acceptor A3 with L gives the Pt8 L 2(3a) metallacage. PF6 - analogues (1b, 2b and 3b) of the metallacages possess a high molar extinction coefficient and large Stokes shift. 1b-3b are weakly emissive in dilute solution but showed aggregation induced emission (AIE) in a water/MeCN mixture as well as in the solid state. AIE active 2b and 3b in aqueous (90% water/MeCN mixture) medium act as donors for fabricating artificial light harvesting systems via Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) with organic dye rhodamine-B (RhB) with high energy efficiency and good antenna effect. The metallacages 2b and 3b represent an interesting platform to fabricate new generation supramolecular aqueous light harvesting systems with high antenna effect. Finally, the harvested energy of the LHSs (2b + RhB) and (3b + RhB) was utilized successfully for efficient visible light induced photo-oxidative cross coupling cyclization of N,N-dimethylaniline (4) with a series of N-alkyl/aryl maleimides (5) in aqueous acetonitrile with dramatic enhancement in yields compared to the reactions with RhB or cages alone.
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- Atul Kumar
- 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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Imamura K, Yamamoto T, Sato H. Coarse-grained modeling of nanocube self-assembly system and transition network analyses. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tejedor D, Delgado-Hernández S, Santamaría-Peláez B, García-Tellado F. Short and modular synthesis of tetraarylsalicylaldehydes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:4019-4022. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00738b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Each one of the 15 possible different substitution geometries of tetraarylated salicylaldehyde molecules is accessible through a 5-step modular strategy.
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- David Tejedor
- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología
- CSIC
- 38206 La Laguna
- Spain
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología
- CSIC
- 38206 La Laguna
- Spain
- Doctoral and Postgraduate School
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Zhan YY, Jiang QC, Ishii K, Koide T, Kobayashi O, Kojima T, Takahashi S, Tachikawa M, Uchiyama S, Hiraoka S. Polarizability and isotope effects on dispersion interactions in water. Commun Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s42004-019-0242-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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AbstractTrue understanding of dispersion interaction in solution remains elusive because of difficulty in the precise evaluation of its interaction energy. Here, the effect of substituents with different polarizability on dispersion interactions in water is discussed based on the thermodynamic parameters determined by isothermal titration calorimetry for the formation of discrete aggregates from gear-shaped amphiphiles (GSAs). The substituents with higher polarizability enthalpically more stabilize the nanocube, which is due to stronger dispersion interactions and to the hydrophobic effect. The differences in the thermodynamic parameters for the nanocubes from the GSAs with CH3 and CD3 groups are also discussed to lead to the conclusion that the H/D isotope effect on dispersion interactions is negligibly small, which is due to almost perfect entropy-enthalpy compensation between the two isotopomers.
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Batsyts S, Hübner EG, Namyslo JC, Gjikaj M, Schmidt A. Synthesis and characterization of propeller-shaped mono- to hexacationic quinolinium-substituted benzenes. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:4102-4114. [PMID: 30964144 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00357f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Diels-Alder reaction of 2-, 3- and 4-(phenylethynyl)quinolines and tetraphenylcyclopentadienone gave three regioisomeric 2,3,4,5,6-pentaphenyl-1-(quinolin-2-yl, -3-yl, and -4-yl)benzenes. Restricted rotation of the 3-yl and 4-yl substituted derivatives is observed between the central core and the substituents, resulting in propeller-shaped molecules. Likewise, 1,2-diquinolinyl-3,4,5,6-tetraphenylbenzenes with 3-yl,3-yl and 3-yl,4-yl connectivity were prepared. As evidenced by NMR spectroscopy, they form two diasteromers due to their restricted rotation. A cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2]-cyclotrimerization of 2-(phenylethynyl)quinoline resulted in the formation of triphenyl-2,4,6- and -3,5,6-tri(quinolin-2-yl)benzenes. The same reaction was applied to 3,3'-ethyne-1,2-diyldiquinoline which formed hexa(quinolin-3-yl)benzene. N-Methylation gave the title compounds. Among those, the hexacationic hexa(N-methylquinolinio-3-yl)benzene is described. Stereochemical aspects are predominantly discussed by means of results of NMR experiments. DFT-calculations on the most stable conformations and the frontier orbital profiles of the hexacation as well as of its neutral precursor have been carried out.
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- Sviatoslav Batsyts
- Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leibnizstraße 6, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.
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Adamantane template effect on the self-assembly of a molecular tetrahedron: A theoretical analysis. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhan YY, Kojima T, Nakamura T, Takahashi T, Takahashi S, Haketa Y, Shoji Y, Maeda H, Fukushima T, Hiraoka S. Induced-fit expansion and contraction of a self-assembled nanocube finely responding to neutral and anionic guests. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4530. [PMID: 30382098 PMCID: PMC6208372 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06874-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Induced-fit or conformational selection is of profound significance in biological regulation. Biological receptors alter their conformation to respond to the shape and electrostatic surfaces of guest molecules. Here we report a water-soluble artificial molecular host that can sensitively respond to the size, shape, and charged state of guest molecules. The molecular host, i.e. nanocube, is an assembled structure consisting of six gear-shaped amphiphiles (GSAs). This nanocube can expand or contract its size upon the encapsulation of neutral and anionic guest molecules with a volume ranging from 74 to 535 Å3 by induced-fit. The responding property of this nanocube, reminiscent of a feature of biological molecules, arises from the fact that the GSAs in the nanocubes are connected to each other only through the hydrophobic effect and very weak intermolecular interactions such as van der Waals and cation-π interactions.
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- Yi-Yang Zhan
- 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
- Division of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8571, 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 Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, 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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Yamamoto T, Arefi H, Shanker S, Sato H, Hiraoka S. Self-Assembly of Nanocubic Molecular Capsules via Solvent-Guided Formation of Rectangular Blocks. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:6082-6088. [PMID: 30274518 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We investigate the mechanism underlying the self-assembly of gear-shaped amphiphilic molecules into a highly ordered nanocubic capsule ("nanocube") in aqueous methanol. Simulation results show that the solvent molecules play a significant role in the assembly process by directing the primitive intermediates to orthogonal/rectangular shapes, thus creating appropriate building blocks for cubic assembly while avoiding off-pathway stacked aggregates. Free-energy analyses reveal that the interplay of the direct intermonomer interaction and the solvent-mediated repulsion between large aromatic cores (via preferential solvation of methanol on hydrophobic surfaces) leads to the strong trend for perpendicular binding of monomers and hence the solvent-guided formation of rectangular blocks. Furthermore, we report the self-assembly simulation of the nanocube using replica exchange with solute tempering and demonstrate that the simulation can predict a highly ordered nanocapsule structure, assembly intermediates, and encapsulated molecules, which helps promote computer-aided design of functional molecular self-assemblies in explicit solvent.
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- Takeshi Yamamoto
- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8502 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8502 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8502 , Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Basic Science , Graduate School of Arts and Science, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo 153-8902 , Japan
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Hiraoka S. Unresolved Issues that Remain in Molecular Self-Assembly. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2018. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20180008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Shuichi Hiraoka
- 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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Zhan YY, Kojima T, Koide T, Tachikawa M, Hiraoka S. A Balance between van der Waals and Cation-π Interactions Stabilizes Hydrophobic Assemblies. Chemistry 2018; 24:9130-9135. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Yi-Yang Zhan
- 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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- Quantum Chemistry Division; Graduate School of Science; Yokohama City University; 22-2 Seto Kanazawa-ku Yokohama Kanagawa 236-0027 Japan
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- Quantum Chemistry Division; Graduate School of Science; Yokohama City University; 22-2 Seto Kanazawa-ku Yokohama Kanagawa 236-0027 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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Zhan YY, Tanaka N, Ozawa Y, Kojima T, Mashiko T, Nagashima U, Tachikawa M, Hiraoka S. Importance of Molecular Meshing for the Stabilization of Solvophobic Assemblies. J Org Chem 2018; 83:5132-5137. [PMID: 29644858 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effect of the methyl groups in neutral gear-shaped amphiphiles (GSAs) on the stability of nanocubes was investigated using a novel C2 v-symmetric GSA, which was synthesized using selective alternate trilithiation of a pentabrominated hexaphenylbenzene derivative. The lack of only one methyl group in the GSA decreased the association constant for the assembly of the nanocube by 3 orders of magnitude. A surface analysis recently developed by the authors (SAVPR: surface analysis with varying probe radii) was carried out for characteristic isomers of the nanocube consisting of C2 v-symmetric GSAs. It was found that the methyl groups near the equator of the nanocube play a significant role in the stabilization of the nanocubes.
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- Yi-Yang Zhan
- 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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- Quantum Chemistry Division, Graduate School of Science , Yokohama City University , 22-2 Seto , Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-city , Kanagawa 236-0027 , Japan
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- Foundation for Computational Science (FOCUS) , 7-1-28, Minatojimaminamimachi , Chuo-ku , Kobe 650-0047 , Japan
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- Quantum Chemistry Division, Graduate School of Science , Yokohama City University , 22-2 Seto , Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-city , Kanagawa 236-0027 , 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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Barnett JW, Tang D, Gibb BC, Ashbaugh HS. Alkane guest packing drives switching between multimeric deep-cavity cavitand assembly states. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:2639-2642. [PMID: 29469155 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00036k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Alkane guest transfer into aqueous dimeric, tetrameric, hexameric, and octameric assemblies of the deep-cavity cavitand TEMOA is examined using molecular simulations. The experimental transitions between aggregation states strongly correlate with calculated alkane transfer free energy minima, demonstrating the guiding role of guest packing on stabilizing multimeric complexes. The predictive simulation approach described affords a salient rationale as to why octameric assemblies have yet to be experimentally observed.
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- J Wesley Barnett
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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Kai T, Kishimoto M, Akita M, Yoshizawa M. Encapsulation-induced emission enhancement (EIEE) of Eu(iii)-complexes by aromatic micelles in water. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:956-959. [PMID: 29319083 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09450g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Eu(iii)-complexes emit highly pure and intense red luminescence in aprotic organic solvents, yet the emission is usually quenched completely in the presence of aqueous solvents. Here we report that typical Eu(iii)-complexes are readily encapsulated in the hydrophobic cavities of aromatic micelles, composed of amphiphilic molecules with bent aromatic frameworks. Whereas the emissivity of the Eu(iii)-complexes themselves is zero in aqueous solutions, the resultant host-guest nanocomposites exhibit relatively strong red emission (up to Φ = 48%) with long emission lifetimes (up to τ = 1.05 ms) even in water. Thus, encapsulation-induced emission enhancement (EIEE) of the otherwise water-deactivated luminescent compounds is demonstrated by the aromatic micelle.
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- Tomokuni Kai
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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Kwon H, Lee E. Static and dynamic coordination behaviours of copper(i) ions in hexa(2-pyridyl)benzene ligand systems. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:8448-8455. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01424h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Two hexaarylbenzenes having six pyridine substituents (LH and LM) were prepared and six corresponding coordination complexes with copper(i) chloride were synthesized.
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- Hyunchul Kwon
- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Pohang
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Pohang
- Republic of Korea
- Center for Self-assembly and Complexity
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Harada R, Mashiko T, Tachikawa M, Hiraoka S, Shigeta Y. Programed dynamical ordering in self-organization processes of a nanocube: a molecular dynamics study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:9115-9122. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00284c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Self-organization processes of a gear-shaped amphiphile molecule (1) to form a hexameric structure (nanocube,16) were inferred from sequential dissociation processes by using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
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- Ryuhei Harada
- Center for Computational Sciences
- University of Tsukuba
- Ibaraki 305-8577
- Japan
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- Quantum Chemistry Division
- Graduate School of NanobioScience
- Yokohama City University
- Yokoyama City
- Japan
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- Quantum Chemistry Division
- Graduate School of NanobioScience
- Yokohama City University
- Yokoyama City
- Japan
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- Department of Basic Science
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo 153-8902
- Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences
- University of Tsukuba
- Ibaraki 305-8577
- Japan
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Kwon H, Lee E. Coordination preference of hexa(2-pyridyl)benzene with copper(ii) directed by hydrogen bonding. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ce00918j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Coordination modes of hexa(2-pyridyl)benzene ligand with copper(ii) ions were controlled by different solvents mainly due to hydrogen bonding.
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- Hyunchul Kwon
- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Pohang
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Pohang
- Republic of Korea
- Center for Self-assembly and Complexity
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Okumura H, Higashi M, Yoshida Y, Sato H, Akiyama R. Theoretical approaches for dynamical ordering of biomolecular systems. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1862:212-228. [PMID: 28988931 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Living systems are characterized by the dynamic assembly and disassembly of biomolecules. The dynamical ordering mechanism of these biomolecules has been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The main theoretical approaches include quantum mechanical (QM) calculation, all-atom (AA) modeling, and coarse-grained (CG) modeling. The selected approach depends on the size of the target system (which differs among electrons, atoms, molecules, and molecular assemblies). These hierarchal approaches can be combined with molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and/or integral equation theories for liquids, which cover all size hierarchies. SCOPE OF REVIEW We review the framework of quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations, AA MD simulations, CG modeling, and integral equation theories. Applications of these methods to the dynamical ordering of biomolecular systems are also exemplified. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS The QM/MM calculation enables the study of chemical reactions. The AA MD simulation, which omits the QM calculation, can follow longer time-scale phenomena. By reducing the number of degrees of freedom and the computational cost, CG modeling can follow much longer time-scale phenomena than AA modeling. Integral equation theories for liquids elucidate the liquid structure, for example, whether the liquid follows a radial distribution function. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE These theoretical approaches can analyze the dynamic behaviors of biomolecular systems. They also provide useful tools for exploring the dynamic ordering systems of biomolecules, such as self-assembly. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Biophysical Exploration of Dynamical Ordering of Biomolecular Systems" edited by Dr. Koichi Kato.
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- Hisashi Okumura
- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan; Department of Structural Molecular Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan; Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries, Kyoto University, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Kondo K, Klosterman JK, Yoshizawa M. Aromatic Micelles as a New Class of Aqueous Molecular Flasks. Chemistry 2017; 23:16710-16721. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Kei Kondo
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla California 92093 USA
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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Wang K, Gibb BC. Mapping the Binding Motifs of Deprotonated Monounsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Corresponding Methyl Esters within Supramolecular Capsules. J Org Chem 2017; 82:4279-4288. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Kaiya Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Mashiko T, Hiraoka S, Nagashima U, Tachikawa M. Theoretical study on substituent and solvent effects for nanocubes formed with gear-shaped amphiphile molecules. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:1627-1631. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07754d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have carried out molecular dynamic simulations to elucidate the stability of hexameric gear-shaped amphiphile nanocube capsules in water, 25% aqueous methanol, and methanol.
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Yoshida Y, Sato H, Morgan JW, Wales DJ. Potential energy landscapes of tetragonal pyramid molecules. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.09.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Beyeh NK, Pan F, Ras RHA. N-Alkyl Ammonium Resorcinarene Chloride Receptors for Guest Binding in Aqueous Environment. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201600187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Ngong Kodiah Beyeh
- Department of Applied Physics; Aalto University, School of Science; Puumiehenkuja 2 FI-02150 Espoo Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center; University of Jyvaskyla; P. O. Box 35 FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla Finland
- Central China Normal University; College of Chemistry; 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079 Hubei China
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- Department of Applied Physics; Aalto University, School of Science; Puumiehenkuja 2 FI-02150 Espoo Finland
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Ramos E, Martínez A, Rios C, Salcedo R. Which Is The Best Sandwich Compound? Hexaphenylbenzene Substituted By Sandwich Compounds Bearing Sc, Cr, and Fe. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:11523-31. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b06352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Estrella Ramos
- Instituto de Investigaciones
en Materiales. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México DF, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones
en Materiales. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México DF, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones
en Materiales. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México DF, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones
en Materiales. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México DF, México
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Okazawa Y, Kondo K, Akita M, Yoshizawa M. Well-defined aqueous nanoassemblies from amphiphilic meta-terphenyls and their guest incorporation. Chem Sci 2015; 6:5059-5062. [PMID: 28717497 PMCID: PMC5499508 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01545f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Spherical molecular assemblies with diameters of ∼2 nm were quantitatively formed in water from new amphiphilic meta-terphenyls with two hydrophilic pendants at the central benzene ring. Whereas intermolecular interactions between small aromatic rings are typically weak, the obtained nanoassemblies are stable enough at wide-ranging concentrations and mostly remain intact even in the presence of similar nanoassemblies with polyaromatic frameworks. The nanoassembly with pentamethyl-substituted terminal benzene rings provides superior host capability for fluorescent dyes in water.
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- Yusuke Okazawa
- Chemical Resources Laboratory , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku , Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan .
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku , Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan .
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku , Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan .
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku , Yokohama 226-8503 , Japan .
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Template effects are an inevitable feature of supramolecular chemistry and were prominent in the discovery of crown ethers, carcerands and catenanes. Templates can act as guests or hosts, but in either role they must be structurally persistent - rigid or "hard" - on the timescale needed to form the final complexes. This report explores a peculiar effect encountered with self-assembled container molecules: soft templates. In these cases neither the guest nor the host has an independent existence, but they do coexist as complexes. The host and guest are prevented from collapsing into more familiar, stable structures by the forces that hold the complex together. The complexes represent emergent phenomena and offer a look at structures otherwise unknown in free solution.
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- Dariush Ajami
- The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, MB 26, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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This review focuses on molecular containers formed by assembly processes driven by the hydrophobic effect, and summarizes the progress made in the field over the last ten years. This small but growing facet of supramolecular chemistry discusses three classes of molecules used by researchers to investigate how self-assembly can be applied to form discrete, mono-dispersed, and structurally well-defined supramolecular entities. The approaches demonstrate the importance of preorganization of arrays of rigid moieties to define a specific form predisposed to bind, fold, or assemble. As the examples demonstrate, studying these systems and their properties is teaching us how to control supramolecular chemistry in water, shedding light on aspects of aqueous solutions chemistry, and illustrating novel applications that harness the unique properties of the hydrophobic effect.
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- Jacobs H Jordan
- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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Suzuki S, Segawa Y, Itami K, Yamaguchi J. Synthesis and characterization of hexaarylbenzenes with five or six different substituents enabled by programmed synthesis. Nat Chem 2015; 7:227-33. [PMID: 25698332 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Since its discovery in 1825, benzene has served as one of the most used and indispensable building blocks of chemical compounds, ranging from pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals to plastics and those used in organic electronic devices. Benzene has six hydrogen atoms that can each be replaced by different substituents, which means that the structural diversity of benzene derivatives is intrinsically extraordinary. The number of possible substituted benzenes from n different substituents is (2n + 2n(2) + 4n(3) + 3n(4) + n(6))/12. However, owing to a lack of general synthetic methods for making multisubstituted benzenes, this potentially huge structural diversity has not been fully exploited. Here, we describe a programmed synthesis of hexaarylbenzenes using C-H activation, cross-coupling and [4+2] cycloaddition reactions. The present method allows for the isolation and structure-property characterization of hexaarylbenzenes with distinctive aryl substituents at all positions for the first time. Moreover, the established protocol can be applied to the synthesis of tetraarylnaphthalenes and pentaarylpyridines.
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- Shin Suzuki
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- 1] Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan [2] JST-ERATO, Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- 1] Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan [2] JST-ERATO, Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan [3] Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Okazawa Y, Kondo K, Akita M, Yoshizawa M. Polyaromatic nanocapsules displaying aggregation-induced enhanced emissions in water. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 137:98-101. [PMID: 25534021 DOI: 10.1021/ja511463k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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V-shaped polyaromatic amphiphiles with phenanthrene or naphthalene rings spontaneously and quantitatively formed micelle-like nanocapsules in water at room temperature. In contrast to usual polyaromatic aggregates with weak fluorescent properties, the new capsules providing spherical polyaromatic shells with diameters of ∼2 nm show strong fluorescent emissions due to an aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) effect and moreover encapsulate a fluorescent coumarin dye to generate highly emissive host-guest composites.
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- Yusuke Okazawa
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology , 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Self-assembly: from amphiphiles to chromophores and beyond. Molecules 2014; 19:8589-609. [PMID: 24959684 PMCID: PMC6271149 DOI: 10.3390/molecules19068589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Self-assembly has been recognised as a ubiquitous aspect of modern chemistry. Our understanding and applications of self-assembly are substantially based on what has been learned from biochemical systems. In this review, we describe various aspects of self-assembly commencing with an account of the soft structures that are available by assembly of surfactant amphiphiles, which are important scientific and industrial materials. Variation of molecular design using rules defined by surfactant self-assembly permits synthesis of functional nanostructures in solution and at surfaces while increasing the strength of intermolecular interactions through π-π stacking, metal cation coordination and/or hydrogen bonding leads to formation of highly complex bespoke nanostructured materials exemplified by DNA assemblies. We describe the origins of self-assembly involving aggregation of lipid amphiphiles and how this subject has been expanded to include other highly advanced chemical systems.
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Kojima T, Hiraoka S. Selective Alternate Derivatization of the Hexaphenylbenzene Framework through a Thermodynamically Controlled Halogen Dance. Org Lett 2014; 16:1024-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ol500041j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Tatsuo Kojima
- Department of Integrated
Sciences, 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 Integrated
Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Gan H, Gibb BC. Guest-mediated switching of the assembly state of a water-soluble deep-cavity cavitand. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:1395-7. [PMID: 23306216 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc38227j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Deep-cavity cavitand TEMOA (2) is shown to assemble via the hydrophobic effect into tetrameric and hexameric assemblies. With inner volumes of 1400-1500 Å(3) and 3200-3700 Å(3) respectively, these well-defined and mono-dispersed assemblies represent the largest of their type to date.
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- Haiying Gan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA
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Cook TR, Zheng YR, Stang PJ. Metal-organic frameworks and self-assembled supramolecular coordination complexes: comparing and contrasting the design, synthesis, and functionality of metal-organic materials. Chem Rev 2013; 113:734-77. [PMID: 23121121 PMCID: PMC3764682 DOI: 10.1021/cr3002824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2131] [Impact Index Per Article: 193.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Timothy R. Cook
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112
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Tashiro S, Kubota R, Kawagoe M, Shionoya M. Palladium- or proton-induced submicro spherical aggregation of macrocyclic amphiphiles in aqueous solution. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:15915-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51827b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Tang H, de Oliveira CS, Sonntag G, Gibb CLD, Gibb BC, Bohne C. Dynamics of a supramolecular capsule assembly with pyrene. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:5544-7. [PMID: 22417319 DOI: 10.1021/ja301278p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Water-soluble octaacid cavitands (OAs) form dimeric capsules suitable for guest incorporation. Our studies reveal that the mechanism of pyrene (Py) binding involves the rapid (<1 ms) formation of the Py·OA complex followed by slower binding with the second OA. The dissociation of the capsular OA·Py·OA complex occurs with a lifetime of 2.7 s, which is 5 orders of magnitude slower than the microsecond opening/closing ("breathing") previously observed to provide access of small molecules to the encapsulated guest. These different dynamics of the capsules have a potential impact on how the chemistry of included guests could be altered.
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- Hao Tang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Singh AS, Sun SS. Reversible encapsulation of a nitrate guest via hydrogen-bonded self-assembled capsule formation by a flexible tripodal receptor in polar solvent through dynamic self-assembly. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra20759a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Gibb BC. Supramolecular Assembly and Binding in Aqueous Solution: Useful Tips Regarding the Hofmeister and Hydrophobic Effects. Isr J Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201100058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Liu S, Gibb BC. Solvent denaturation of supramolecular capsules assembled via the hydrophobic effect. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:3574-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10122f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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