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Msellem P, Dekthiarenko M, Hadj Seyd N, Vives G. Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications. Beilstein J Org Chem 2024; 20:504-539. [PMID: 38440175 PMCID: PMC10910529 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Switchable molecular tweezers are a unique class of molecular switches that, like their macroscopic analogs, exhibit mechanical motion between an open and closed conformation in response to stimuli. Such systems constitute an essential component of artificial molecular machines. This review will present selected examples of switchable molecular tweezers and their potential applications. The first part will be devoted to chemically responsive tweezers, including stimuli such as pH, metal coordination, and anion binding. Then, redox-active and photochemical tweezers will be presented.
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- Pablo Msellem
- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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de Jong J, Bos JE, Wezenberg SJ. Stimulus-Controlled Anion Binding and Transport by Synthetic Receptors. Chem Rev 2023; 123:8530-8574. [PMID: 37342028 PMCID: PMC10347431 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
Abstract
Anionic species are omnipresent and involved in many important biological processes. A large number of artificial anion receptors has therefore been developed. Some of these are capable of mediating transmembrane transport. However, where transport proteins can respond to stimuli in their surroundings, creation of synthetic receptors with stimuli-responsive functions poses a major challenge. Herein, we give a full overview of the stimulus-controlled anion receptors that have been developed thus far, including their application in membrane transport. In addition to their potential operation as membrane carriers, the use of anion recognition motifs in forming responsive membrane-spanning channels is discussed. With this review article, we intend to increase interest in transmembrane transport among scientists working on host-guest complexes and dynamic functional systems in order to stimulate further developments.
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333
CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Liu H, Cui S, Shi F, Pu S. A highly selective fluorescent sensor for Ca2+ and Sr2+ based on diarylethene with a furan-carbohydrazide unit. Tetrahedron 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2019.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Carreira-Barral I, Mato-Iglesias M, de Blas A, Platas-Iglesias C, Tasker PA, Esteban-Gómez D. Ditopic receptors containing urea groups for solvent extraction of Cu(ii) salts. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:3192-3206. [PMID: 28220917 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt00093f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The ditopic receptor L3 [1-(2-((7-(4-(tert-butyl)benzyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecan-1-yl)methyl)phenyl)-3-(3-nitrophenyl)urea] containing a macrocyclic cyclen unit for Cu(ii)-coordination and a urea moiety for anion binding was designed for recognition of metal salts. The X-ray structure of [CuL3(SO4)] shows that the sulfate anion is involved in cooperative binding via coordination to the metal ion and hydrogen-bonding to the urea unit. This behaviour is similar to that observed for the related receptor L1 [1-(2-((bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino)methyl)phenyl)-3-(3-nitrophenyl)urea], which forms a dimeric [CuL1(μ-SO4)]2 structure in the solid state. In contrast, the single crystal X-ray structure of [ZnL3(NO3)2] contains a 1 : 2 complex (metal : anion) where one anion coordinates to the metal and the other is hydrogen-bonded to the urea group. Spectrophotometric titrations performed for the [CuL3(OSMe2)]2+ complex indicate that this system is able to bind a wide range of anions with an affinity sequence: MeCO2- > Cl- > H2PO4- > Br- > NO2- > HSO4- > NO3-. Lipophilic analogues of L1 and L3 extract CuSO4 and CuCl2 from water into chloroform with high selectivity over the corresponding Co(ii), Ni(ii) and Zn(ii) salts.
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- Israel Carreira-Barral
- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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- The School of Chemistry at Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
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- Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) and Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, 15071, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
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Ošeka M, Kimm M, Järving I, Lippur K, Kanger T. Two Catalytic Methods of an Asymmetric Wittig [2,3]-Rearrangement. J Org Chem 2017; 82:2889-2897. [PMID: 28225271 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two different approaches for asymmetric catalytic Wittig [2,3]-rearrangement were developed. Allyloxymalonate derivatives were converted into homoallyl alcohols via organocatalytic or Ca2+-catalyzed pathways in moderate to high enantioselectivities.
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- Maksim Ošeka
- Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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Gon M, Morisaki Y, Chujo Y. A silver(i)-induced higher-ordered structure based on planar chiral tetrasubstituted [2.2]paracyclophane. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:8304-8307. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03615a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Ag(i) coordination enhanced the signal intensity of circular dichroism and decreased that of circularly polarized luminescence of a planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophane structure.
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- Masayuki Gon
- Department of Polymer Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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Yamamura M, Sukegawa K, Okada D, Yamamoto Y, Nabeshima T. Chiroptical switching caused by crystalline/liquid crystalline phase transition of a chiral bowl-shaped molecule. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:4585-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00995f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The liquid crystal of a chiral bowl-shaped molecule having a central-phosphorus atom and long alkyl chains was developed.
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- Masaki Yamamura
- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences
- University of Tsukuba
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS)
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- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences
- University of Tsukuba
- Tsukuba
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences
- University of Tsukuba
- Tsukuba
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences
- University of Tsukuba
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS)
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- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences
- University of Tsukuba
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS)
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Blažek Bregović V, Basarić N, Mlinarić-Majerski K. Anion binding with urea and thiourea derivatives. Coord Chem Rev 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Shimizu S, Tsubogo T, Xu P, Kobayashi S. Calcium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of 3-Tetrasubstituted Oxindoles: Efficient Construction of Adjacent Quaternary and Tertiary Chiral Centers. Org Lett 2015; 17:2006-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Shota Shimizu
- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Piątek P, Zdanowski S, Romański J. Cooperative ion pair recognition by multitopic l-ornithine based salt receptors. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj01865f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The development of l-ornithine based multitopic receptors allowed us to obtain an effective and selective salt receptor.
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- Piotr Piątek
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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Yamamura M, Kondo SI, Unno M. Ion pair recognition of ditopic receptor bearing silanol groups as anion recognition sites and a 2,2′-bipyridine moiety as a metal-coordination site. Tetrahedron Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.11.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bie F, Wang Y, Shang J, Gallagher NM, Jiang H. Synergistic Recognition of Halide Anions and Saccharides by Oligohydrazide Foldamers. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Tsubogo T, Shimizu S, Kobayashi S. Chiral calcium iodide for asymmetric Mannich-type reactions of malonates with imines providing β-aminocarbonyl compounds. Chem Asian J 2013; 8:872-6. [PMID: 23494940 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201300102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Out of the pybox: We have developed a novel chiral calcium iodide catalyst from CaI2 and a pybox that is stable under moisture and oxygen. This catalyst was applied to catalytic asymmetric Mannich-type reactions of malonates with both N-Boc-protected aromatic and aliphatic imines, and resulted in moderate to high yields with high enantioselectivities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of highly enantioselective metal-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich-type reactions of malonates with N-Boc-protected aliphatic imines. The Mannich adduct was successfully converted into the α-hydroxy β-amino acid derivative. We have also shown the unique structure of the chiral Ca complexes with malonates.
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- Tetsu Tsubogo
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Ito H, Tsukube H, Shinoda S. Chirality transfer in propeller-shaped cyclen-calcium(II) complexes: metal-coordinating and ion-pairing anion procedures. Chemistry 2013; 19:3330-9. [PMID: 23404763 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201204323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A series of quadruple-stranded Na(+) and Ca(2+) complexes with octadentate cyclen ligands was synthesized to produce complexes that contained four different side-arm combinations (one triazole-coumarin group and three pyridine groups (1), four pyridine groups (2), one triazole-coumarin group and three quinoline groups (3), and four quinoline groups (4)). X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that no significant changes occurred in the stereostructure of these complexes upon replacing one pyridine group with a triazole-coumarin moiety, or by replacing Na(+) ions with Ca(2+) ions, although the coordination number of the complexes in the solid state decreased when pyridine groups were replaced by quinoline groups. In solution, all of the side arms were arranged in a propeller-like pattern to yield an enantiomer pair of Δ and Λ forms in each metal complex. The addition of a tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc)-protected amino acid anion, that is, a coordinative chiral carboxylate anion, to the cyclen-Ca(2+) complex induced circular dichroism (CD) signals in the aromatic region by forming a 1:1 mixture of diastereomeric ternary complexes with opposite complex chirality, whilst the corresponding Na(+) complexes rarely showed any response. In complexes 1-Ca(2+) and 3-Ca(2+), this chirality-transfer process was efficiently followed by considering the induction of the CD signals at two different wavelengths, that is, the coumarin-chromophore region and the aza-aromatic region. The sign and intensity of the CD signal were significantly dependent on both the nature of the aza-aromatic moiety and the enantiomeric purity of the external anion. These Ca(2+) complexes worked as effective probes for the determination of the enantiomeric excess of the chiral anion. The cyclen-Ca(2+) complexes also interacted with the non-coordinative Δ-TRISPHAT anion through an ion-pairing mechanism to achieve chirality transfer from the anion to the metal complex; both complexes 1-Ca(2+) and 3-Ca(2+) clearly showed induced CD signals in the coumarin-chromophore region, owing to ion-paring interactions with the Δ-TRISPHAT anion. Thus, the proper combination of an octadentate cyclen ligand and a metal center demonstrated effective chirality transfer.
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- Hiroshi Ito
- JST, CREST, and Department of Chemistry, Graduated School of Science Osaka City University, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
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Lin YC, Chen CT. Alkaline Earth Metal Ion Induced Coil-Helix-Coil Transition of Lysine-Coumarin-Azacrown Hybrid Foldamers with OFF-OFF-ON Fluorescence Switching. Chemistry 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ariga K, Ito H, Hill JP, Tsukube H. Molecular recognition: from solution science to nano/materials technology. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:5800-35. [PMID: 22773130 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35162e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 332] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In the 25 years since its Nobel Prize in chemistry, supramolecular chemistry based on molecular recognition has been paid much attention in scientific and technological fields. Nanotechnology and the related areas seek breakthrough methods of nanofabrication based on rational organization through assembly of constituent molecules. Advanced biochemistry, medical applications, and environmental and energy technologies also depend on the importance of specific interactions between molecules. In those current fields, molecular recognition is now being re-evaluated. In this review, we re-examine current trends in molecular recognition from the viewpoint of the surrounding media, that is (i) the solution phase for development of basic science and molecular design advances; (ii) at nano/materials interfaces for emerging technologies and applications. The first section of this review includes molecular recognition frontiers, receptor design based on combinatorial approaches, organic capsule receptors, metallo-capsule receptors, helical receptors, dendrimer receptors, and the future design of receptor architectures. The following section summarizes topics related to molecular recognition at interfaces including fundamentals of molecular recognition, sensing and detection, structure formation, molecular machines, molecular recognition involving polymers and related materials, and molecular recognition processes in nanostructured materials.
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- Katsuhiko Ariga
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Go-bancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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Ito H, Tsukube H, Shinoda S. A chirality rewriting cycle mediated by a dynamic cyclen–calcium complex. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:10954-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35350d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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