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Saura-Sanmartin A. Synthesis of 'Impossible' Rotaxanes. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202304025. [PMID: 38168751 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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'Impossible' rotaxanes, which are constituted by interlocked components without obvious binding motifs, have attracted the interest of the mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) community. Within the synthetic efforts reported in the last decades towards the preparation of MIMs, some innovative protocols for accessing 'impossible' rotaxanes have been developed. This short review highlights different selected synthetic examples of 'impossible' rotaxanes, as well as suggests some future directions of this research area.
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- Adrian Saura-Sanmartin
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain
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McCarthy DR, Xu K, Schenkelberg ME, Balegamire NAN, Liang H, Bellino SA, Li J, Schneebeli ST. Kinetically controlled synthesis of rotaxane geometric isomers. Chem Sci 2024; 15:4860-4870. [PMID: 38550687 PMCID: PMC10967009 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04412b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/30/2024] Open
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Geometric isomerism in mechanically interlocked systems-which arises when the axle of a mechanically interlocked molecule is oriented, and the macrocyclic component is facially dissymmetric-can provide enhanced functionality for directional transport and polymerization catalysis. We now introduce a kinetically controlled strategy to control geometric isomerism in [2]rotaxanes. Our synthesis provides the major geometric isomer with high selectivity, broadening synthetic access to such interlocked structures. Starting from a readily accessible [2]rotaxane with a symmetrical axle, one of the two stoppers is activated selectively for stopper exchange by the substituents on the ring component. High selectivities are achieved in these reactions, based on coupling the selective formation reactions leading to the major products with inversely selective depletion reactions for the minor products. Specifically, in our reaction system, the desired (major) product forms faster in the first step, while the undesired (minor) product subsequently reacts away faster in the second step. Quantitative 1H NMR data, fit to a detailed kinetic model, demonstrates that this effect (which is conceptually closely related to minor enantiomer recycling and related processes) can significantly improve the intrinsic selectivity of the reactions. Our results serve as proof of principle for how multiple selective reaction steps can work together to enhance the stereoselectivity of synthetic processes forming complex mechanically interlocked molecules.
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- Dillon R McCarthy
- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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Borsley S, Gallagher JM, Leigh DA, Roberts BMW. Ratcheting synthesis. Nat Rev Chem 2024; 8:8-29. [PMID: 38102412 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-023-00558-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Synthetic chemistry has traditionally relied on reactions between reactants of high chemical potential and transformations that proceed energetically downhill to either a global or local minimum (thermodynamic or kinetic control). Catalysts can be used to manipulate kinetic control, lowering activation energies to influence reaction outcomes. However, such chemistry is still constrained by the shape of one-dimensional reaction coordinates. Coupling synthesis to an orthogonal energy input can allow ratcheting of chemical reaction outcomes, reminiscent of the ways that molecular machines ratchet random thermal motion to bias conformational dynamics. This fundamentally distinct approach to synthesis allows multi-dimensional potential energy surfaces to be navigated, enabling reaction outcomes that cannot be achieved under conventional kinetic or thermodynamic control. In this Review, we discuss how ratcheted synthesis is ubiquitous throughout biology and consider how chemists might harness ratchet mechanisms to accelerate catalysis, drive chemical reactions uphill and programme complex reaction sequences.
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- Stefan Borsley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Ren Y, Jamagne R, Tetlow DJ, Leigh DA. A tape-reading molecular ratchet. Nature 2022; 612:78-82. [PMID: 36261530 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05305-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cells process information in a manner reminiscent of a Turing machine1, autonomously reading data from molecular tapes and translating it into outputs2,3. Randomly processive macrocyclic catalysts that can derivatise threaded polymers have been described4,5, as have rotaxanes that transfer building blocks in sequence from a molecular strand to a growing oligomer6-10. However, synthetic small-molecule machines that can read and/or write information stored on artificial molecular tapes remain elusive11-13. Here we report on a molecular ratchet in which a crown ether (the 'reading head') is pumped from solution onto an encoded molecular strand (the 'tape') by a pulse14,15 of chemical fuel16. Further fuel pulses transport the macrocycle through a series of compartments of the tape via an energy ratchet14,17-22 mechanism, before releasing it back to bulk off the other end of the strand. During its directional transport, the crown ether changes conformation according to the stereochemistry of binding sites along the way. This allows the sequence of stereochemical information programmed into the tape to be read out as a string of digits in a non-destructive manner through a changing circular dichroism response. The concept is exemplified by the reading of molecular tapes with strings of balanced ternary digits ('trits'23), -1,0,+1 and -1,0,-1. The small-molecule ratchet is a finite-state automaton: a special case24 of a Turing machine that moves in one direction through a string-encoded state sequence, giving outputs dependent on the occupied machine state25,26. It opens the way for the reading-and ultimately writing-of information using the powered directional movement of artificial nanomachines along molecular tapes.
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- Yansong Ren
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. .,School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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David AHG, García–Cerezo P, Campaña AG, Santoyo–González F, Blanco V. Vinyl sulfonyl chemistry-driven unidirectional transport of a macrocycle through a [2]rotaxane. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01491a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The pH- and chemically-driven unidirectional transport of a macrocycle through a [2]rotaxane based on the vinyl sulfonyl groups is reported.
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- Arthur H. G. David
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente (UEQ), Universidad de Granada (UGR), Avda. Fuente Nueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente (UEQ), Universidad de Granada (UGR), Avda. Fuente Nueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente (UEQ), Universidad de Granada (UGR), Avda. Fuente Nueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente (UEQ), Universidad de Granada (UGR), Avda. Fuente Nueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente (UEQ), Universidad de Granada (UGR), Avda. Fuente Nueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Gauthier M, Waelès P, Coutrot F. Post-Synthetic Macrocyclization of Rotaxane Building Blocks. Chempluschem 2021; 87:e202100458. [PMID: 34811956 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Although not often encountered, cyclic interlocked molecules are appealing molecular targets because of their restrained tridimensional structure which is related to both the cyclic and interlocked shapes. Interlocked molecules such as rotaxane building blocks may be good candidates for post-synthetic intramolecular cyclization if the preservation of the mechanical bond ensures the interlocked architecture throughout the reaction. This is obviously the case if the modification does not involve the cleavage of either the macrocycle's main chain or the encircled part of the axle. However, among the post-synthetic reactions, the chemical linkage between two reactive sites belonging to embedded elements of rotaxanes still consists of an underexploited route to interlocked cyclic molecules. This Review lists the rare examples of macrocyclization through chemical connection between reactive sites belonging to a surrounding macrocycle and/or an encircled axle of interlocked rotaxanes.
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- Maxime Gauthier
- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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Ye Z, Wang Y, Liu S, Xu D, Wang W, Ma X. Construction of Nanomotors with Replaceable Engines by Supramolecular Machine-Based Host-Guest Assembly and Disassembly. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:15063-15072. [PMID: 34499495 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are miniaturized devices capable of performing self-propelled motion and on-demand tasks, which have brought revolutionary renovations in nanomedicine, environmental remediation, biochemical sensing, etc. Numerous methods of either chemical synthesis or physical fabrications have been extensively investigated to prepare MNMs of various shapes and functions. However, MNMs with replaceable engines that can be flexibly assembled and disassembled, resembling that of a macroscopic machine, have not been achieved. Here, for the first time, we report a demonstration of control over the engine replacement of self-propelled nanomotors based on hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (HMSNPs) via supramolecular machine-based host-guest assembly and disassembly between azobenzene (Azo) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). Nanomotors with different driving mechanisms can be rapidly constructed by selecting corresponding β-CD-modified nanoengines of urease, Pt, or Fe3O4, to assemble with the azobenzene-modified HMSNPs (HMSNPs-Azo). In virtue of photoresponsive cis/trans isomer conversion of azobenzene molecules, engine switching can be accomplished by remote light triggered host-guest assembly or disassembly between HMSNPs-Azo and β-CD-modified engines. Moreover, this method can quickly include multiple engines on the surface of the HMSNPs-Azo to prepare a hybrid MNM with enhanced motion capability. This strategy not only is cost-effective for the rapid and convenient preparation of nanomotors with different propulsion mechanism but also paves a new path to future multiple functionalization of MNMs for on-demand task assignment.
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- Zihan Ye
- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, No. 9 Duxue Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, No. 9 Duxue Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Feng Y, Ovalle M, Seale JSW, Lee CK, Kim DJ, Astumian RD, Stoddart JF. Molecular Pumps and Motors. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5569-5591. [PMID: 33830744 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pumps and motors are essential components of the world as we know it. From the complex proteins that sustain our cells, to the mechanical marvels that power industries, much we take for granted is only possible because of pumps and motors. Although molecular pumps and motors have supported life for eons, it is only recently that chemists have made progress toward designing and building artificial forms of the microscopic machinery present in nature. The advent of artificial molecular machines has granted scientists an unprecedented level of control over the relative motion of components of molecules through the development of kinetically controlled, away-from-thermodynamic equilibrium chemistry. We outline the history of pumps and motors, focusing specifically on the innovations that enable the design and synthesis of the artificial molecular machines central to this Perspective. A key insight connecting biomolecular and artificial molecular machines is that the physical motions by which these machines carry out their function are unambiguously in mechanical equilibrium at every instant. The operation of molecular motors and pumps can be described by trajectory thermodynamics, a theory based on the work of Onsager, which is grounded on the firm foundation of the principle of microscopic reversibility. Free energy derived from thermodynamically non-equilibrium reactions kinetically favors some reaction pathways over others. By designing molecules with kinetic asymmetry, one can engineer potential landscapes to harness external energy to drive the formation and maintenance of geometries of component parts of molecules away-from-equilibrium, that would be impossible to achieve by standard synthetic approaches.
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- Yuanning Feng
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.,School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.,Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, China
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Echavarren J, Gall MAY, Haertsch A, Leigh DA, Spence JTJ, Tetlow DJ, Tian C. Sequence-Selective Decapeptide Synthesis by the Parallel Operation of Two Artificial Molecular Machines. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5158-5165. [PMID: 33764775 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report on the preparation of a decapeptide through the parallel operation of two rotaxane-based molecular machines. The synthesis proceeds in four stages: (1) simultaneous operation of two molecular peptide synthesizers in the same reaction vessel; (2) selective residue activation of short-oligomer intermediates; (3) ligation; (4) product release. Key features of the machine design include the following: (a) selective transformation of a thioproline building block to a cysteine (once it has been incorporated into a hexapeptide intermediate by one molecular machine); (b) a macrocycle-peptide hydrazine linkage (as part of the second machine) to differentiate the intermediates and enable their directional ligation; and (c) incorporation of a Glu residue in the assembly module of one machine to enable release of the final product while simultaneously removing part of the assembly machinery from the product. The two molecular machines participate in the synthesis of a product that is beyond the capability of individual small-molecule machines, in a manner reminiscent of the ligation and post-translational modification of proteins in biology.
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- Javier Echavarren
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have gained attention in the field of catalysis due to their unique molecular properties. Central to MIMs, rotaxanes are highly promising and attractive supramolecular catalysts due to their unique three-dimensional structures and the flexibility of their subcomponents. This Minireview discusses the use of rotaxanes in organocatalysis and transition-metal catalysis.
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- Carel Kwamen
- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and Center for NanointegrationDuisburg- Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-EssenUniversitätsstrasse 745141EssenGermany
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- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and Center for NanointegrationDuisburg- Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-EssenUniversitätsstrasse 745141EssenGermany
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Li M, Hua B, Huang F. Pillar[5]arene-based ion-pair recognition for constructing a [2]pseudorotaxane with supramolecular interaction induced LCST behavior. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00457c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Here, we report a novel [2]pseudorotaxane based on perbromoethylated pillar[5]arene/imidazolium iodide ionic liquid ion-pair recognition and this pseudorotaxane shows supramolecular interaction induced LCST behavior in solution.
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- Ming Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science
- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science
- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science
- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
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Kassem S, Lee ATL, Leigh DA, Markevicius A, Tetlow DJ, Toriumi N. Site-to-site peptide transport on a molecular platform using a small-molecule robotic arm. Chem Sci 2020; 12:2065-2070. [PMID: 34163969 PMCID: PMC8179245 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05906d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Peptides attached to a cysteine hydrazide ‘transporter module’ are transported selectively in either direction between two chemically similar sites on a molecular platform, enabled by the discovery of new operating methods for a molecular transporter that functions through ratcheting. Substrate repositioning is achieved using a small-molecule robotic arm controlled by a protonation-mediated rotary switch and attachment/release dynamic covalent chemistry. A polar solvent mixtures were found to favour Z to E isomerization of the doubly-protonated switch, transporting cargo in one direction (arbitrarily defined as ‘forward’) in up to 85% yield, while polar solvent mixtures were unexpectedly found to favour E to Z isomerization enabling transport in the reverse (‘backward’) direction in >98% yield. Transport of the substrates proceeded in a matter of hours (compared to 6 days even for simple cargoes with the original system) without the peptides at any time dissociating from the machine nor exchanging with others in the bulk. Under the new operating conditions, key intermediates of the switch are sufficiently stabilized within the macrocycle formed between switch, arm, substrate and platform that they can be identified and structurally characterized by 1H NMR. The size of the peptide cargo has no significant effect on the rate or efficiency of transport in either direction. The new operating conditions allow detailed physical organic chemistry of the ratcheted transport mechanism to be uncovered, improve efficiency, and enable the transport of more complex cargoes than was previously possible. Peptides are transported in either direction between chemically similar sites on a molecular platform, substrate repositioning is achieved using a cysteine hydrazide transporter module and a small-molecule robotic arm controlled by a rotary switch.![]()
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- Salma Kassem
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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A Track-Based Molecular Synthesizer that Builds a Single-Sequence Oligomer through Iterative Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation. Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Krause S, Feringa BL. Towards artificial molecular factories from framework-embedded molecular machines. Nat Rev Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-0209-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Colley ND, Nosiglia MA, Li L, Amir F, Chang C, Greene AF, Fisher JM, Li R, Li X, Barnes JC. One-Pot Synthesis of a Linear [4]Catenate Using Orthogonal Metal Templation and Ring-Closing Metathesis. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:10450-10460. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Nathan D. Colley
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Alcântara AFP, Fontana LA, Almeida MP, Rigolin VH, Ribeiro MA, Barros WP, Megiatto JD. Control over the Redox Cooperative Mechanism of Radical Carbene Transfer Reactions for the Efficient Active‐Metal‐Template Synthesis of [2]Rotaxanes. Chemistry 2020; 26:7808-7822. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Arthur F. P. Alcântara
- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) PO Box 6154 13083-970 Campinas Brazil
- Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano Estrada do Tamboril 56200-000 Ouricuri Brazil
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) PO Box 6154 13083-970 Campinas Brazil
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) PO Box 6154 13083-970 Campinas Brazil
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) PO Box 6154 13083-970 Campinas Brazil
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- Departamento de QuímicaUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514 29075-910 Vitória Brazil
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) PO Box 6154 13083-970 Campinas Brazil
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of Campinas (UNICAMP) PO Box 6154 13083-970 Campinas Brazil
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Li WJ, Wang W, Wang XQ, Li M, Ke Y, Yao R, Wen J, Yin GQ, Jiang B, Li X, Yin P, Yang HB. Daisy Chain Dendrimers: Integrated Mechanically Interlocked Molecules with Stimuli-Induced Dimension Modulation Feature. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:8473-8482. [PMID: 32302108 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The precise construction of the high-order mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) with well-defined topological arrangements of multiple mechanically interlocked units has been a great challenge. Herein, we present the first successful preparation of a new family of daisy chain dendrimers, in which the individual [c2]daisy chain rotaxane units serve as the branches of dendrimer skeleton. In particular, the third-generation daisy chain dendrimer with 21 [c2]daisy chain rotaxane moieties was realized, which might be among the most complicated discrete high-order MIMs comprised of multiple [c2]daisy chain rotaxane units. Interestingly, such unique topological arrangements of multiple stimuli-responsive [c2]daisy chain rotaxanes endowed the resultant daisy chain dendrimers controllable and reversible nanoscale dimension modulation through the collective and amplified extension/contraction of each [c2]daisy chain rotaxane branch upon the addition of acetate anions or DMSO molecules as external stimulus. Furthermore, on the basis of such an intriguing size switching feature of daisy chain dendrimers, dynamic composite polymer films were constructed through the incorporation of daisy chain dendrimers into polymer films, which could undergo fast, reversible, and controllable shape transformations when DMSO molecules were employed as stimulus. The successful merging of [c2]daisy chain rotaxanes and dendrimers described herein provides not only a brand-new type of high-order mechanically interlocked systems with well-defined topological arrangements of [c2]daisy chain rotaxanes, but also a successful and practical approach toward the construction of supramolecular dynamic materials.
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- Wei-Jian Li
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes & Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes & Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes & Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology & State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes & Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Vienna, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 17, Vienna A-1090, Austria.,State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials & College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes & Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China.,Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes & Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology & State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes & Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China
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Mechanophores (mechanoresponsive molecules) offer great promises for the development of smart force-responsive materials. The activity of a mechanophore can be tuned by altering its structure or the composition of the actuating polymer. Here we show that a [2]catenane can act as a mechanical protecting group by diverting tensional forces away from a mechanically active functional group embedded in one of its rings. This property emerges from the mobility of the two rings of the catenane, which are able to rotate along each other until the tension equalizes over the entirety of the catenated framework. This approach provides a new way to control the mechanical activity of a mechanophore.
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- Min Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Shi Q, Cao X, Zhang Y, Duan S, Hu L, Xu Y, Lu J, Huang Z, Zhang Z, Zhu X. Easily readable palindromic sequence-defined polymers built by cascade thiol-maleimide Michael couplings. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01088j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The rational combination of cascade thiol-maleimide Michael couplings (CTMMC) with iterative exponential chain growth was demonstrated as an efficient way to synthesize palindromic sequence-defined polymers.
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Ng AWH, Yee C, Au‐Yeung HY. Radial Hetero[5]catenanes: Peripheral Isomer Sequences of the Interlocked Macrocycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:17375-17382. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Antony Wing Hung Ng
- Department of ChemistryThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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Ng AWH, Yee C, Au‐Yeung HY. Radial Hetero[5]catenanes: Peripheral Isomer Sequences of the Interlocked Macrocycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Antony Wing Hung Ng
- Department of ChemistryThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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Peng X, Wen ZB, Yang P, Chai YQ, Liang WB, Yuan R. Biomimetic 3D DNA Nanomachine via Free DNA Walker Movement on Lipid Bilayers Supported by Hard SiO 2@CdTe Nanoparticles for Ultrasensitive MicroRNA Detection. Anal Chem 2019; 91:14920-14926. [PMID: 31674756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Herein, a novel three-dimensional (3D) DNA nanomachine with high walking efficiency via free DNA walker movement on biomimetic lipid bilayers supported by hard silica@CdTe quantum dots (SiO2@CdTe) was constructed for ultrasensitive fluorescence detection of microRNA. The synthesized SiO2@CdTe nanoparticles were adopted as the fluorescence indicator and spherical carrier of lipid bilayers, and then the DNA substrates were anchored on lipid bilayers with biomimetic fluidity through the cholesterol-lipid interaction. Once target microRNA-141 interacted with the 3D DNA nanomachine to release cholesterol labeled arm (Chol-arm), the Chol-arm could generate a series of strand displacement reactions by moving freely on the lipid bilayers, resulting in the releasement of numerous quenchers from the SiO2@CdTe nanoparticles and inducing a strong fluorescence signal. Impressively, compared with traditional 3D DNA nanomachine conjugating DNA substrates on hard surfaces (such as gold or silica) with limited reactivity, the proposed biomimetic 3D DNA nanomachine not only immobilized DNA substrates rapidly and effectively but also kept it with a favorable fluidity, which significantly enhanced the walking efficiency. As expected, the biomimetic 3D DNA nanomachine for fluorescence detection of microRNA-141 exhibited an excellent performance with a detection limit of 0.21 pM and presented promising properties in cell lysate detection and intracellular imaging. Thus, the described biomimetic 3D DNA nanomachine provided a novel avenue for sensitive detection of biomolecules, which could be useful for bioanalysis and early clinical diagnoses of disease.
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- Xin Peng
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , P.R. China
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Dommaschk M, Echavarren J, Leigh DA, Marcos V, Singleton TA. Dynamic Control of Chiral Space Through Local Symmetry Breaking in a Rotaxane Organocatalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:14955-14958. [PMID: 31454135 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We report on a switchable rotaxane molecular shuttle that features a pseudo-meso 2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidine catalytic unit on the axle whose local symmetry is broken according to the position of a threaded benzylic amide macrocycle. The macrocycle can be selectively switched (with light in one direction; with catalytic acid in the other) with high fidelity between binding sites located to either side of the pyrrolidine unit. The position of the macrocycle dictates the facial bias of the rotaxane-catalyzed conjugate addition of aldehydes to vinyl sulfones. The pseudo-meso non-interlocked thread does not afford significant selectivity as a catalyst (2-14 % ee), whereas the rotaxane affords selectivities of up to 40 % ee with switching of the position of the macrocycle changing the handedness of the product formed (up to 60 % Δee).
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- Marcel Dommaschk
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Dommaschk M, Echavarren J, Leigh DA, Marcos V, Singleton TA. Dynamic Control of Chiral Space Through Local Symmetry Breaking in a Rotaxane Organocatalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Marcel Dommaschk
- School of Chemistry University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Wang XQ, Li WJ, Wang W, Wen J, Zhang Y, Tan H, Yang HB. Construction of Type III-C Rotaxane-Branched Dendrimers and Their Anion-Induced Dimension Modulation Feature. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:13923-13930. [PMID: 31411028 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Starting from a novel rotaxane building block with dendrimer growth sites being located at both the wheel and axle component, we realized the successful construction of a new family of rotaxane-branched dendrimers, i.e., Type III-C rotaxane-branched dendrimers, up to fourth generation as a highly branched [46]rotaxane through a controllable divergent approach. In the resultant rotaxane-branched dendrimers, the wheel components of the rotaxane units are located on the branches as well as at the branching points, making them excellent candidates to mimic the amplified collective molecular motions. Thus, taking advantage of the urea moiety inserted into the axle components of the rotaxane units as the binding sites, the addition or removal of acetate anion as stimulus endows the individual rotaxane unit a switchable feature that lead to a collective expansion-contraction motion of the integrated rotaxane-branched dendrimers, thus allowing for the remarkable and reversible size modulation. Such a three-dimensional size switching feature makes Type III-C rotaxane-branched dendrimers a very promising platform toward the fabrication of novel dynamic smart materials.
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- Xu-Qing Wang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Chang-Kung Chuang Institute , East China Normal University , 3663 N. Zhongshan Road , Shanghai 200062 , People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Chang-Kung Chuang Institute , East China Normal University , 3663 N. Zhongshan Road , Shanghai 200062 , People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Chang-Kung Chuang Institute , East China Normal University , 3663 N. Zhongshan Road , Shanghai 200062 , People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , 16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100050 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100050 , People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Chang-Kung Chuang Institute , East China Normal University , 3663 N. Zhongshan Road , Shanghai 200062 , People's Republic of China
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Directed motion at the nanoscale is a central attribute of life, and chemically driven motor proteins are nature's choice to accomplish it. Motivated and inspired by such bionanodevices, in the past few decades chemists have developed artificial prototypes of molecular motors, namely, multicomponent synthetic species that exhibit directionally controlled, stimuli-induced movements of their parts. In this context, photonic and redox stimuli represent highly appealing modes of activation, particularly from a technological viewpoint. Here we describe the evolution of the field of photo- and redox-driven artificial molecular motors, and we provide a comprehensive review of the work published in the past 5 years. After an analysis of the general principles that govern controlled and directed movement at the molecular scale, we describe the fundamental photochemical and redox processes that can enable its realization. The main classes of light- and redox-driven molecular motors are illustrated, with a particular focus on recent designs, and a thorough description of the functions performed by these kinds of devices according to literature reports is presented. Limitations, challenges, and future perspectives of the field are critically discussed.
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- Massimo Baroncini
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures , Istituto ISOF-CNR , via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari , Università di Bologna , viale Fanin 44 , 40127 Bologna , Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures , Istituto ISOF-CNR , via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" , Università di Bologna , via Selmi 2 , 40126 Bologna , Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures , Istituto ISOF-CNR , via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari , Università di Bologna , viale Fanin 44 , 40127 Bologna , Italy
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Echavarren J, Gall MAY, Haertsch A, Leigh DA, Marcos V, Tetlow DJ. Active template rotaxane synthesis through the Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling of alkylzinc reagents with redox-active esters. Chem Sci 2019; 10:7269-7273. [PMID: 31588296 PMCID: PMC6686731 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02457c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The synthesis of unsymmetrical axle [2]rotaxanes through a recently developed Ni-catalyzed C(sp3)-C(sp3) cross-coupling of redox-active esters (formed directly from carboxylic acids) and organozinc reagents (derived from alkyl bromides) is reported. The method also furnishes, as a minor product, the symmetrical axle [2]rotaxanes resulting from the homo-coupling of the organozinc half-thread. The rotaxanes are formed in up to 56% yield with the ratio of unsymmetrical rotaxane increasing with the cavity size of the macrocycle. In the absence of the redox-active ester neither rotaxane is formed, even though the homo-coupling rotaxane product does not incorporate the redox-active ester building block. A Ni(iii) intermediate is consistent with these observations, providing support for the previously postulated mechanism of the Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction.
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- Javier Echavarren
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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Sluysmans D, Stoddart JF. The Burgeoning of Mechanically Interlocked Molecules in Chemistry. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2019.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Alanna Schepartz
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
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Lim JYC, Yuntawattana N, Beer PD, Williams CK. Isoselective Lactide Ring Opening Polymerisation using [2]Rotaxane Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:6007-6011. [PMID: 30861303 PMCID: PMC6519244 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Polylactide (PLA) is a fully biodegradable and recyclable plastic, produced from a bio-derived monomer: it is a circular economy plastic. Its properties depend upon its stereochemistry and isotactic PLA shows superior thermal-mechanical performances. Here, a new means to control tacticity by exploiting rotaxane conformational dynamism is described. Dynamic achiral [2]rotaxanes can show high isoselectivity (Pi =0.8, 298 K) without requiring any chiral additives and enchain by a chain end control mechanism. The organocatalytic dynamic stereoselectivity is likely applicable to other small-molecule and polymerization catalyses.
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- Jason Y. C. Lim
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research LaboratoryMansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
- Current address: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering2 Fusionopolis WaySingapore138634Singapore
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research LaboratoryMansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research LaboratoryMansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research LaboratoryMansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
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Lim JYC, Yuntawattana N, Beer PD, Williams CK. Isoselective Lactide Ring Opening Polymerisation using [2]Rotaxane Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201901592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jason Y. C. Lim
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research Laboratory Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
- Current address: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering 2 Fusionopolis Way Singapore 138634 Singapore
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research Laboratory Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research Laboratory Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordChemistry Research Laboratory Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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Modicom F, Jamieson EMG, Rochette E, Goldup SM. Chemical Consequences of the Mechanical Bond: A Tandem Active Template-Rearrangement Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:3875-3879. [PMID: 30600892 PMCID: PMC6589916 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201813950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We report the unexpected discovery of a tandem active template CuAAC-rearrangement process, in which N2 is extruded on the way to the 1,2,3-triazole product to give instead acrylamide rotaxanes. Mechanistic investigations suggest this process is dictated by the mechanical bond, which stabilizes the CuI -triazolide intermediate of the CuAAC reaction and diverts it down the rearrangement pathway; when no mechanical bond is formed, the CuAAC product is isolated.
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- Florian Modicom
- ChemistryUniversity of Southampton, HighfieldSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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- ChemistryUniversity of Southampton, HighfieldSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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Modicom F, Jamieson EMG, Rochette E, Goldup SM. Chemical Consequences of the Mechanical Bond: A Tandem Active Template‐Rearrangement Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201813950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Florian Modicom
- ChemistryUniversity of Southampton, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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- ChemistryUniversity of Southampton, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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- ChemistryUniversity of Southampton, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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Elemans JAAW, Nolte RJM. Porphyrin cage compounds based on glycoluril – from enzyme mimics to functional molecular machines. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:9590-9605. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04372a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This Feature Article gives an overview of the application of glycoluril-based porphyrin cage compounds in host–guest chemistry, allosterically controlled self-assembly, biomimetic catalysis, and polymer encoding.
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- Radboud University
- Institute for Molecules and Materials
- 6525 AJ Nijmegen
- The Netherlands
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Bej S, Nandi M, Ghosh TK, Ghosh P. Cu(ii) templated formation of [n]pseudorotaxanes (n = 2, 3, 4) using a tris-amino ether macrocyclic wheel and multidentate axles. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:6853-6862. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01067j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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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The systematic development of mono-, bi- and tri-nuclear [n]pseudorotaxanes (n = 2, 3, 4) via Cu(ii) templation and π–π stacking interactions.
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- Somnath Bej
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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Hill SA, Gerke C, Hartmann L. Recent Developments in Solid-Phase Strategies towards Synthetic, Sequence-Defined Macromolecules. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:3611-3622. [PMID: 30216690 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sequence-control in synthetic polymers is an important contemporary research area because it provides the opportunity to create completely novel materials for structure-function studies. This is especially relevant for biomimetic polymers, bioactive and information security materials. The level of control is strongly dependent and inherent upon the polymerization technique utilized. Today, the most established method yielding monodispersity and monomer sequence-definition is solid-phase synthesis. This Focus Review highlights recent advances in solid-phase strategies to access synthetic, sequence-defined macromolecules. Alternatives strategies towards sequence-defined macromolecules are also briefly summarized.
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- Stephen A Hill
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Zhiquan L, Xie H, Border SE, Gallucci J, Pavlović RZ, Badjić JD. A Stimuli-Responsive Molecular Capsule with Switchable Dynamics, Chirality, and Encapsulation Characteristics. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:11091-11100. [PMID: 30099876 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Lei Zhiquan
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Zhang P, Jiang J, Yuan R, Zhuo Y, Chai Y. Highly Ordered and Field-Free 3D DNA Nanostructure: The Next Generation of DNA Nanomachine for Rapid Single-Step Sensing. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:9361-9364. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Pu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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Shaw JS, Vaiyapuri R, Parker MP, Murray CA, Lim KJC, Pan C, Knappert M, Cardin CJ, Greenland BW, Grau-Crespo R, Colquhoun HM. Elements of fractal geometry in the 1H NMR spectrum of a copolymer intercalation-complex: identification of the underlying Cantor set. Chem Sci 2018; 9:4052-4061. [PMID: 29780534 PMCID: PMC5939609 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00830b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intercalation of pyrene into the chain-folds of a binary copolyimide results in a self-similar 1H NMR spectrum.
Sequence-selective intercalation of pyrene into the chain-folds of a random, binary copolyimide under fast-exchange conditions results in the development of self-similar structure in the diimide region of the 1H NMR spectrum. The resulting spectrum can be described by the mathematics of fractals, an approach that is rationalised in terms of a dynamic summation of ring-current shielding effects produced by pyrene molecules intercalating into the chain at progressively greater distances from each “observed” diimide residue. The underlying set of all such summations is found to be a defined mathematical fractal namely the fourth-quarter Cantor set, within which the observed spectrum is embedded. The pattern of resonances predicted by a geometric construction of the fourth-quarter Cantor set agrees well with the observed spectrum.
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- John S Shaw
- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Reading , Whiteknights , Reading , RG6 6AD , UK .
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De Bo G, Gall MAY, Kuschel S, De Winter J, Gerbaux P, Leigh DA. An artificial molecular machine that builds an asymmetric catalyst. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 13:381-385. [PMID: 29610529 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-018-0105-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Biomolecular machines perform types of complex molecular-level tasks that artificial molecular machines can aspire to. The ribosome, for example, translates information from the polymer track it traverses (messenger RNA) to the new polymer it constructs (a polypeptide) 1 . The sequence and number of codons read determines the sequence and number of building blocks incorporated into the biomachine-synthesized polymer. However, neither control of sequence2,3 nor the transfer of length information from one polymer to another (which to date has only been accomplished in man-made systems through template synthesis) 4 is easily achieved in the synthesis of artificial macromolecules. Rotaxane-based molecular machines5-7 have been developed that successively add amino acids8-10 (including β-amino acids 10 ) to a growing peptide chain by the action of a macrocycle moving along a mono-dispersed oligomeric track derivatized with amino-acid phenol esters. The threaded macrocycle picks up groups that block its path and links them through successive native chemical ligation reactions 11 to form a peptide sequence corresponding to the order of the building blocks on the track. Here, we show that as an alternative to translating sequence information, a rotaxane molecular machine can transfer the narrow polydispersity of a leucine-ester-derivatized polystyrene chain synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization 12 to a molecular-machine-made homo-leucine oligomer. The resulting narrow-molecular-weight oligomer folds to an α-helical secondary structure 13 that acts as an asymmetric catalyst for the Juliá-Colonna epoxidation14,15 of chalcones.
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- Guillaume De Bo
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry (CISMa), University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- Organic Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Center for Mass Spectrometry (CISMa), University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Lewis JEM, Modicom F, Goldup SM. Efficient Multicomponent Active Template Synthesis of Catenanes. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:4787-4791. [PMID: 29558129 PMCID: PMC5916464 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe a simple and high yielding active template synthesis of [2]catenanes. In addition to mechanical bond formation using a single premacrocycle bearing an azide and alkyne moiety, our method is also suitable for the co-macrocyclization of readily available bis-alkyne and bis-azide comonomers and even short alkyne/azide components which oligomerize prior to mechanical bond formation.
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- James E M Lewis
- Chemistry , University of Southampton , Highfield , Southampton SO17 1BJ , United Kingdom
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- Chemistry , University of Southampton , Highfield , Southampton SO17 1BJ , United Kingdom
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- Chemistry , University of Southampton , Highfield , Southampton SO17 1BJ , United Kingdom
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Chandra P, Jonas AM, Fernandes AE. Sequence and Surface Confinement Direct Cooperativity in Catalytic Precision Oligomers. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:5179-5184. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b00872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Prakash Chandra
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Bio- and Soft Matter, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Bio- and Soft Matter, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Bio- and Soft Matter, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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The widespread use of molecular-level motion in key natural processes suggests that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of synthetic molecular machines-which by and large function as switches-and the machines of the macroscopic world, which utilize the synchronized behavior of integrated components to perform more sophisticated tasks than is possible with any individual switch. Should we try to make molecular machines of greater complexity by trying to mimic machines from the macroscopic world or instead apply unfamiliar (and no doubt have to discover or invent currently unknown) mechanisms utilized by biological machines? Here we try to answer that question by exploring some of the advances made to date using bio-inspired machine mechanisms.
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Saura-Sanmartin A, Martinez-Cuezva A, Pastor A, Bautista D, Berna J. Light-driven exchange between extended and contracted lasso-like isomers of a bistable [1]rotaxane. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:6980-6987. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob02234h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A photoactive hydrogen-bonded lasso having an amide-based [1]rotaxane structure has been constructed from acyclic precursors through a self-templating approach. The stability, structural integrity and switching are described.
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- Adrian Saura-Sanmartin
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”
- Universidad de Murcia
- Murcia
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”
- Universidad de Murcia
- Murcia
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”
- Universidad de Murcia
- Murcia
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”
- Universidad de Murcia
- Murcia
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Strong and stable under tension?
Strong and stable under tension? In this review we present the recent efforts investigating the mechanochemical properties of interlocked structures by atomic force microscopy and polymer mechanochemistry.
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- Guillaume De Bo
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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