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Foyle ÉM, Goodwin RJ, Cox CJT, Smith BR, Colebatch AL, White NG. Expedient Decagram-Scale Synthesis of Robust Organic Cages That Bind Sulfate Strongly and Selectively in Water. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39312466 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
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Selective anion recognition remains a key challenge in supramolecular chemistry: only a very small number of systems that can function in water are known, and these nearly always preferentially bind hydrophobic anions. In this work, we report three robust hexa-cationic cages that can be prepared on scales up to 14 g in two simple and high-yielding steps from commercially available materials. One of these cages displays unusually strong sulfate binding in water (Ka = 12,000 M-1), and demonstrates high selectivity for this anion over H2PO4-/HPO42- in DMSO/buffer mixtures. These results demonstrate that relatively large, three-dimensional supramolecular hosts can be prepared in high yields and on large scales, and can be highly potent receptors.
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- Émer M Foyle
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, Scotland, U.K
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Chen Y, Tang H, Chen H, Li H. Self-Assembly via Condensation of Imine or Its N-Substituted Derivatives. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:2838-2850. [PMID: 37751270 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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ConspectusCompared to traditionally used irreversible chemical reactions, dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) including imine formation represents a more advanced technique in the preparation of molecules with complex structures and topologies, whose syntheses require the formation of many bonds. By allowing the occurrence of error checking and self-correcting, it is likely that the target molecules with high enough thermodynamic stability could be self-assembled in high or even quantitative yield. Two questions are raised herein. First, it becomes a central problem in self-assembly that how to endow a target product with high enough thermodynamic stability so that it can be produced as the major or the only product within the self-assembly library. Second, the reversible nature of dynamic bonds jeopardizes the intrinsic stability of the products. More specifically, the imine bond which represents the mostly used dynamic covalent bond, is apt to undergo hydrolysis in the presence of water. Developing new approaches to make imine more robust and compatible with water is thus of importance. In this account, we summarized the progress made in our group in the field of self-assembly based on C═N bond formation. In organic solvent where an imine bond is relatively robust, we focus on studying how to enhance the thermodynamic stability of a target molecule by introducing intramolecular forces. These noncovalent interactions either release enthalpy to favor the formation of the target molecule or preorganize the building blocks into specific conformations that mimic the product, so that the entropy loss of the formation of the latter is thus suppressed. In water, which often leads to imine hydrolysis, we developed two strategies to enhance the water-compatibility. By taking advantage of multivalency, namely, multiple bonds are often more robust than a single bond, self-assembly via condensation of imine was performed successfully in water, a solvent that is considered as forbidden zone of imine. Another approach is to replace typical imine with its more robust and water compatible derivatives, namely, either hydrazone or oxime, whose C═N bonds are generally less electrophilic compared to typical imine. With the water-compatible dynamic bonds in hand, a variety topological nontrivial molecules such as catenanes and knots was self-assembled successfully in aqueous media, driven by hydrophobic effect. When the self-assembled molecules in the form of rings and cages were designed for supramolecular purposes, water-compatibility endows a merit that allows the hosts to take advantage of hydrophobic effect to drive host-guest recognition, enabling various tasks to be accomplished, such as separation of guest isomers with similar physical properties, recognition of highly hydrated anions, as well as stabilization of guest dimers.
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- Yixin Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 31125, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 31125, China
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Xie Y, Wang CY, Chen N, Cao Z, Wu G, Yin B, Li Y. Supramolecular Memristor Based on Bistable [2]Catenanes: Toward High-Density and Non-Volatile Memory Devices. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309605. [PMID: 37651501 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The ever-increasing demand for data storage and neuromorphic computing calls for innovative, high-density solutions, such as resistive random-access memory (RRAM). However, the integration of resistive switching and rectification at the nanoscale remains a formidable challenge. In this study, we introduce a bistable [2]catenane-based supramolecular junction that simultaneously functions as a resistive switch and a diode. All supramolecular junctions are highly stable and reproducible over thousands of resistive switching cycles, because the nano-confinement of two mechanically interlocked rings can stabilize the radical states of pyridinium moieties under ambient conditions. The successful realization of supramolecular junctions in functionality with a thickness of approximately 2 nm presents a promising avenue for the development of molecule-scale based RRAM for a better solution to high density and energy efficiency.
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- Yu Xie
- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Self-Assembly of a Purely Organic Bowl in Water via Acylhydrazone Formation. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28030976. [PMID: 36770651 PMCID: PMC9921396 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28030976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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A bowl-shaped molecule can be self-assembled by condensing a triscationic hexaaldehyde compound and three equiv. of a dihydrazide linkers in pure water. The molecular bowl is thus composed of a triscationic π-electron deficient platform, as well as a hexagonal rim that contains six acylhydrazone functions. When the counteranions are chloride, the solid-state structure reveals that this molecular bowl undergoes dimerization via N-H···Cl hydrogen bonds, forming a cage-like dimer with a huge inner cavity. This molecular bowl can employ its cavity to accommodate a hydrophobic guest, namely 1-adamantanecarboxylic acid in aqueous media.
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Chen Q, Lei Y, Wu G, Li Q, Pan Y, Li H. Ultramacrocyclization in water via external templation. Chem Sci 2022; 13:798-803. [PMID: 35173945 PMCID: PMC8768864 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06236k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Condensing a dihydrazide and each of a series of cationic bisaldehyde compounds bearing polymethylene chains in weakly acidic water produces either a macrocycle in a [1 + 1] manner or its dimer namely a [2]catenane, or their mixture. The product distribution is determined by the length of the bisaldehydes. Addition of cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) drives the catenane/macrocycle equilibria to the side of macrocycles, by forming ring-in-ring complexes with the latter. When the polymethylene unit of the bisaldehyde is replaced with a more rigid p-xylene linker, its self-assembly with the dihydrazide leads to quantitative formation of a [2]catenane. Upon addition of CB[8], the [2]catenane is transformed into an ultra-large macrocycle condensed in a [2 + 2] manner, which is encircled by two CB[8] rings. The framework of this macrocycle contains one hundred and two atoms, whose synthesis would be a formidable task without the external template CB[8]. Removal of CB[8] with a competitive guest leads to recovery of the [2]catenane.
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- Qiong Chen
- Department of Chemistry Institution, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Institution, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Institution, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Key Laboratory of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Guizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- Department of Chemistry Institution, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Institution, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center Hangzhou 310027 China
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Caprice K, Pál D, Besnard C, Galmés B, Frontera A, Cougnon FBL. Diastereoselective Amplification of a Mechanically Chiral [2]Catenane. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:11957-11962. [PMID: 34323081 PMCID: PMC8397304 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Achiral [2]catenanes composed of rings with inequivalent sides may adopt chiral co-conformations. Their stereochemistry depends on the relative orientation of the interlocked rings and can be controlled by sterics or an external stimulus (e.g., a chemical stimulus). Herein, we have exploited this stereodynamic property to amplify a mechanically chiral (P)-catenane upon binding to (R)-1,1'-binaphthyl 2,2'-disulfonate, with a diastereomeric excess of 85%. The chirality of the [2]catenane was ascertained in the solid state by single crystal X-ray diffraction and in solution by NMR and CD spectroscopies. This study establishes a robust basis for the development of a new synthetic approach to access enantioenriched mechanically chiral [2]catenanes.
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- Kenji Caprice
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
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- Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Chen Y, Wu G, Chen B, Qu H, Jiao T, Li Y, Ge C, Zhang C, Liang L, Zeng X, Cao X, Wang Q, Li H. Self‐Assembly of a Purely Covalent Cage with Homochirality by Imine Formation in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Yixin Chen
- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces iChEM and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces iChEM and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center Hangzhou 311215 China
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Chen Y, Wu G, Chen B, Qu H, Jiao T, Li Y, Ge C, Zhang C, Liang L, Zeng X, Cao X, Wang Q, Li H. Self-Assembly of a Purely Covalent Cage with Homochirality by Imine Formation in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:18815-18820. [PMID: 34129262 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Self-assembly of host molecules in aqueous media via metal-ligand coordination is well developed. However, the preparation of purely covalent counterparts in water has remained a formidable task. An anionic tetrahedron cage was successfully self-assembled in a [4+4] manner by condensing a trisamine and a trisformyl in water. Even although each individual imine bond is rather labile and apt to hydrolyze in water, the tetrahedron is remarkably stable or inert due to multivalence. The tetrahedral cages, as well as its neutral counterparts dissolved in organic solvent, have homochirality, namely that their four propeller-shaped trisformyl residues adopt the same rotational conformation. The cage is able to take advantage of hydrophobic effect to accommodate a variety of guest molecules in water. When a chiral guest was recognized, the formation of one enantiomer of the cage became more favored relative to the other. As a consequence, the cage could be produced in an enantioselective manner. The tetrahedron is able to maintain its chirality after removal of the chiral guest-probably on account of the cooperative occurrence of intramolecular forces that restrict the intramolecular flipping of phenyl units in the cage framework.
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- Yixin Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.,ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou, 311215, China
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Da Silva Rodrigues R, Luis ET, Marshall DL, McMurtrie JC, Mullen KM. Hydrazone exchange: a viable route for the solid-tethered synthesis of [2]rotaxanes. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj00388g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Using a hydrazone exchange methodology, resin beads were functionalised with [2]rotaxanes at up to 80% efficiency—higher than using other dynamic or irreversible synthetic approaches to form self-assembled structures on solid supports.
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Centre for Materials Science
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- Centre for Materials Science
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Central Analytical Research Facility
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Centre for Materials Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Centre for Materials Science
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Phan NM, Percástegui EG, Johnson DW. Dynamic Covalent Chemistry as a Facile Route to Unusual Main-Group Thiolate Assemblies and Disulfide Hoops and Cages. Chempluschem 2020; 85:1270-1282. [PMID: 32529751 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Dynamic Covalent Chemistry (DCC) - combining the robustness of covalent bonds with the self-correcting nature of supramolecular chemistry - facilitates the modular synthesis of complex molecular assemblies in high yields. Although numerous reactions form covalent bonds, only a small set of chemical transformations affect covalent bond formation reversibly under suitable conditions for DCC. Further progress in this area still requires the identification of dynamic motifs and greater insights into their reversibility. We have fruitfully employed DCC of both thiolate coordination to main-group elements and disulfide formation for the facile self-assembly of: (1) metal/metalloid-thiolate assemblies, and (2) purely organic cyclic and caged disulfides, thioethers, and even hydrocarbons, many of which have remained elusive by traditional stepwise synthesis yet form readily through our methods. In this Minireview, we highlight the approaches to prepare these unusual compounds and the factors inducing structural transformations or favoring the formation of certain products over others, given a set of external stimuli or reaction conditions.
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- Ngoc-Minh Phan
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, México.,Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable UAEM-UNAM, Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco Km 14.5, C.P.50200, Toluca, Estado de México, México
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA
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Jiao T, Wu G, Zhang Y, Shen L, Lei Y, Wang C, Fahrenbach AC, Li H. Self‐Assembly in Water with N‐Substituted Imines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:18350-18367. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Tianyu Jiao
- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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Garci A, Beldjoudi Y, Kodaimati MS, Hornick JE, Nguyen MT, Cetin MM, Stern CL, Roy I, Weiss EA, Stoddart JF. Mechanical-Bond-Induced Exciplex Fluorescence in an Anthracene-Based Homo[2]catenane. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:7956-7967. [PMID: 32233402 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Collisional intermolecular interactions between excited states form short-lived dimers and complexes that lead to the emergence of excimer/exciplex emission of lower energy, a phenomenon which must be differentiated from the photoluminescence (PL) arising from the monomeric molecules. Although the utilization of noncovalent bonding interactions, leading to the generation of excimer/exciplex PL, has been investigated extensively, precise control of the aggregates and their persistence at very low concentrations remains a rare phenomenon. In the search for a fresh approach, we sought to obtain exciplex PL from permanent structures by incorporating anthracene moieties into pyridinium-containing mechanically interlocked molecules. Beyond the optical properties of the anthracene moieties, their π-extended nature enforces [π···π] stacking that can overcome the Coulombic repulsion between the pyridinium units, affording an efficient synthesis of an octacationic homo[2]catenane. Notably, upon increasing the ionic strength by adding tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate, the catenane yield increases significantly as a result of the decrease in Coulombic repulsions between the pyridinium units. Although the ground-state photophysical properties of the free cyclophane and the catenane are similar and show a charge-transfer band at ∼455 nm, their PL characters are distinct, denoting different excited states. The cyclophane emits at ∼562 nm (quantum yield ϕF = 3.6%, emission lifetime τs = 3 ns in MeCN), which is characteristic of a disubstituted anthracene-pyridinium linker. By contrast, the catenane displays an exciplex PL at low concentration (10-8 M) with an emission band centered on 650 nm (ϕF = 0.5%, τs = 14 ns) in MeCN and at 675 nm in aqueous solution. Live-cell imaging performed in MIAPaCa-2 prostate cancer cells confirmed that the catenane exciplex emission can be detected at micromolar concentrations.
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- Amine Garci
- 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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- 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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- 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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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.,Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China.,School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Da Silva Rodrigues R, Marshall DL, McMurtrie JC, Mullen KM. Dynamic covalent synthesis of [2]- and [3]rotaxanes both in solution and on solid supports. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj02137g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Here we demonstrate the application of a dynamic covalent chemistry methodology for the synthesis of [2]- and [3]-rotaxanes not only in solution, but also on solid supports with 65% rotaxane functionalisation of the polymer resins observed.
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- Centre for Materials Science
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Central Analytical Research Facility
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Centre for Materials Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Centre for Materials Science
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Blanco-Gómez A, Neira I, Barriada JL, Melle-Franco M, Peinador C, García MD. Thinking outside the "Blue Box": from molecular to supramolecular pH-responsiveness. Chem Sci 2019; 10:10680-10686. [PMID: 32206250 PMCID: PMC7069232 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04489b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We present herein the development of a new polycationic cyclophane: the "red box", second in a series of hydrazone-based analogues of the well-known organic receptor cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)cyclophane ("blue box"). The macrocycle has been prepared in an excellent yield in aqueous media, and shows both a remarkable pH-responsiveness and unusual hydrolytic stability of the two hydrazone C[double bond, length as m-dash]N bonds, associated with charge delocalization of the amine lone pair. Whilst in aqueous media the "red box" is able to complex a variety of aromatic substrates, both in its acidic and basic form, in organic media the cyclophane is only able to capture those in the acidic form, resulting in supramolecular pH-responsiveness.
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- Arturo Blanco-Gómez
- Departamento de Química , Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) , Facultad de Ciencias , Universidade da Coruña , 15071 , A Coruña , Spain . ;
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- Departamento de Química , Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) , Facultad de Ciencias , Universidade da Coruña , 15071 , A Coruña , Spain . ;
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- Departamento de Química , Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) , Facultad de Ciencias , Universidade da Coruña , 15071 , A Coruña , Spain . ;
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials Department of Chemistry , University of Aveiro , 3810-193 Aveiro , Portugal
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- Departamento de Química , Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) , Facultad de Ciencias , Universidade da Coruña , 15071 , A Coruña , Spain . ;
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- Departamento de Química , Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA) , Facultad de Ciencias , Universidade da Coruña , 15071 , A Coruña , Spain . ;
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Wang C, Wu G, Zhu J, Jiao T, Zhang Y, Li H. An Octacationic [2]Catenane Formed by Oxime Condensation: A Bistable Molecular Switch. Chempluschem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Cai‐Yun Wang
- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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Neira I, Blanco-Gómez A, Quintela JM, Peinador C, García MD. Adjusting the Dynamism of Covalent Imine Chemistry in the Aqueous Synthesis of Cucurbit[7]uril-based [2]Rotaxanes. Org Lett 2019; 21:8976-8980. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Iago Neira
- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, E-15071 A Coruña, Spain
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Blanco-Gómez A, Fernández-Blanco Á, Blanco V, Rodríguez J, Peinador C, García MD. Thinking Outside the “Blue Box”: Induced Fit within a Unique Self-Assembled Polycationic Cyclophane. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:3959-3964. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Arturo Blanco-Gómez
- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA). Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA). Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA). Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA). Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA). Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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Chen Q, Chen L, Wang CY, Jiao T, Pan Y, Li H. Ultramacrocyclization via selective catenation in water. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:13108-13111. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06692f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A set of two cyclic [2]catenane dimers were self-assembled in aqueous media via selective hydrazone condensation, by means of either one-pot or post-functionalization procedures.
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- Qiong Chen
- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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Yee CC, Ng AWH, Au-Yeung HY. Control over the macrocyclisation pathway and product topology in a copper-templated catenane synthesis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:6169-6172. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02263e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Strategies to control building block intertwining and the efficient assembly of a linear [4]catenane are presented.
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- Chi-Chung Yee
- Department of Chemistry
- The University of Hong Kong
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- The University of Hong Kong
- P. R. China
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Cao N, Wang Y, Zheng X, Jiao T, Li H. Controllable Self-Assembly of Pills and Cages via Imine Condensation for Silver Cation Detection. Org Lett 2018; 20:7447-7450. [PMID: 30421932 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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By condensing a trisamino linker with one of the two analogous bisaldehyde ligands, pills and tetrahedrons could be self-assembled. The self-assembled preference could be controlled by tuning the reaction conditions, including the size of side chain, concentration, and temperature. Coordination of silver cation quenches the fluorescence of the fluorene moieties on the pill, opening up opportunities for Ag+ cation detection.
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- Ning Cao
- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , People's Republic of China
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Shen L, Cao N, Tong L, Zhang X, Wu G, Jiao T, Yin Q, Zhu J, Pan Y, Li H. Dynamic Covalent Self-Assembly Based on Oxime Condensation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:16486-16490. [PMID: 30334325 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Oxime, whose dynamic nature was reported to be switchable between ON/OFF by tuning the acidity, is employed in a novel type of dynamic covalent approach that is amenable to use in water for self-assembly of purely organic molecules with complex topology. In strongly acidic conditions, the dynamic nature of oxime is turned ON, allowing occurrence of error-checking and therefore a catenane and a macrocycle self-assembled in high yields. In neutral conditions, oxime ceases to be dynamic, which helps to trap the self-assembled products even when the driving forces of their formation are removed. We envision that this switchable behaviour might help, at least partially, to resolve a commonly encountered drawback of dynamic covalent chemistry, namely that the intrinsic stability of the self-assembled products containing dynamic bonds, such as imine or hydrazone, are often jeopardized by their reversible nature.
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- Libo Shen
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Shen L, Cao N, Tong L, Zhang X, Wu G, Jiao T, Yin Q, Zhu J, Pan Y, Li H. Dynamic Covalent Self-Assembly Based on Oxime Condensation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201811025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Libo Shen
- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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