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Beyond symmetric self-assembly and effective molarity: unlocking functional enzyme mimics with robust organic cages
- Keith G. Andrews
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 421–443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.30
- instance, the window[1]resorcin[3]arene capsule type [135] demonstrates that the symmetry and properties of traditional symmetric capsules can be modulated, although precise control over the assembly remains difficult. Finally, we must mention the recently reported cavitand capsules of Gibb, who has
- nucleophile and electrophile in a glycosylation reaction [105]. (D) An externally charged cavitand promotes charge-stabilized nucleophilic substitution reactions of hydrophobically encapsulated substrates [136][137]. (A) Metal-organic cages and key modes in catalysis. (B) Charged metals or ligands can result
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Figure 1: Catalytic rate enhancements from a reduction in the Gibbs free energy transition barrier can be fra...
Figure 2: Typical catalysis modes using macrocycle cavities performing (non-specific) hydrophobic substrate b...
Figure 3: (A) Cram’s serine protease model system [87,88]. The macrocycle showed strong substrate binding (organizat...
Figure 4: (A) Self-assembling capsules can perform hydrophobic catalysis [116,117]. (B) Resorcin[4]arene building bloc...
Figure 5: (A) Metal-organic cages and key modes in catalysis. (B) Charged metals or ligands can result in +/−...
Figure 6: (A) Frameworks (MOFs, COFs) can be catalysts. (B) Example of a 2D-COF, assembled by dynamic covalen...
Figure 7: (A) Examples of dynamic covalent chemistry used to synthesize organic cages. (B) Organic cages are ...
Figure 8: (A) Design and development of soluble, functionalized, robust organic cages. (B) Examples of modula...
Figure 9: (A) There are 13 metastable conformers (symmetry-corrected) for cage 1 due to permutations of amide...
HFIP as a versatile solvent in resorcin[n]arene synthesis
- Hormoz Khosravi,
- Valeria Stevens and
- Raúl Hernández Sánchez
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2469–2475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.211
- tolerated. This method leads to a variety of 2-substituted resorcin[n]arenes in a single synthetic step with isolated yields up to 98%. Keywords: cavitand; cyclization; HFIP; hydroxyalkylation; resorcinarenes; Introduction The acid-catalyzed aldehyde-resorcinol condensation has been studied for more than
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Scheme 1: Resorcin[n]arene synthesis.
Scheme 2: Scope of resorcin[n]arene synthesis using HFIP. aAll reactions were performed with resorcinol (1.0 ...
Figure 1: (a) Control experiment testing deiodination of 2-iodoresorcinol. (b) Molecular crystal structure of...
Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications
- Pablo Msellem,
- Maksym Dekthiarenko,
- Nihal Hadj Seyd and
- Guillaume Vives
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45
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Figure 1: Principle of switchable molecular tweezers.
Figure 2: Principle of pH-switchable molecular tweezers 1 [19].
Figure 3: a) pH-Switchable tweezers 2 substituted with alkyl chains as switchable lipids. b) Schematic depict...
Figure 4: Modification of spectral properties of 3 by controlled induction of Pt–Pt interactions.
Figure 5: Conformational switching of di(hydroxyphenyl)pyrimidine-based tweezer 4 upon alkylation or fluoride...
Figure 6: Hydrazone-based pH-responsive tweezers 5 for mesogenic modulation.
Figure 7: pH-Switchable molecular tweezers 6 bearing acridinium moieties.
Figure 8: a) Terpyridine and pyridine-hydrazone-pyridine analogs molecular tweezers and b) extended pyridine ...
Figure 9: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with M–salphen arms and their field of application. Figure 9 was adapt...
Figure 10: a) Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers for diphosphate recognition [48]; b) bishelicene chiroptical te...
Figure 11: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with allosteric cooperative binding.
Figure 12: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers presenting closed by default conformation.
Figure 13: Pyridine-pyrimidine-pyridine-based molecular tweezers.
Figure 14: Coordination-responsive molecular tweezers based on nitrogen-containing ligands.
Figure 15: Molecular tweezers exploiting the remote bipyridine or pyridine binding to trigger the conformation...
Figure 16: Bipyridine-based molecular tweezers exploiting the direct s-trans to s-cis-switching for a) anion b...
Figure 17: a) Podand-based molecular tweezers [66,67]. b) Application of tweezers 32 for the catalytic allosteric reg...
Figure 18: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers based on calix[4]pyrrole.
Figure 19: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers.
Figure 20: a) Principle of the weak link approach (WLA) developed by Mirkin and its application to b) symmetri...
Figure 21: Molecular tweezers as allosteric catalyst in asymmetric epoxide opening [80].
Figure 22: Allosteric regulation of catalytic activity in ring-opening polymerization with double tweezers 41.
Figure 23: a) Conformational switching of 42 by intramolecular –S–S– bridge formation. b) Shift of conformatio...
Figure 24: a) Redox-active glycoluril-TTF tweezers 44. b) Mechanism of stepwise oxidation of said tweezers wit...
Figure 25: Mechanism of formation of the mixed-valence dimers of tweezers 45.
Figure 26: Mechanism of carbohydrate liberation upon redox-mediated conformation switching of 46.
Figure 27: a) The encapsulation properties of 47 as well as the DCTNF release process from its host–guest comp...
Figure 28: Redox-active bipyridinium-based tweezers. a) With a ferrocenyl hinge 49, b) with a propyl hinge 50 ...
Figure 29: Redox-active calix[4]arene porphyrin molecular tweezers.
Figure 30: a) Mechanism of the three orthogonal stimuli. b) Cubic scheme showing the eight different states of ...
Figure 31: Redox-controlled molecular gripper based on a diquinone resorcin[4]arene.
Figure 32: a) Shinkai's butterfly tweezers and their different host–guest properties depending on the isomer. ...
Figure 33: Cyclam-tethered tweezers and their different host–guest complexes depending on their configuration.
Figure 34: Azobenzene-based catalytic tweezers.
Figure 35: Photoswitchable PIEZO channel mimic.
Figure 36: Stilbene-based porphyrin tweezers for fullerene recognition.
Figure 37: Stiff-stilbene-based tweezers with urea or thiourea functional units for a) anion binding, b) anion...
Figure 38: Feringa’s photoswitchable organocatalyst (a) and different catalyzed reactions with that system (b)....
Figure 39: a) Irie and Takeshita’s thioindigo-based molecular tweezers. b) Family of hemithioindigo-based mole...
Figure 40: Dithienylethylene crown ether-bearing molecular tweezers reported by Irie and co-workers.
Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins
- Maksym Matviyishyn and
- Bartosz Szyszko
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120
- -capped calix[4]pyrrole cavitand 4. The heteroditopic receptor had multiple binding sites, proving efficient in encapsulating a CsF ion pair. The calix[4]arene-crown-6-capped pocket was exploited as an excellent binding site for the Cs+ cation, whereas the calix[4]pyrrole was aligned to trap the fluoride
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Figure 1: Porphyrin and crown ether.
Figure 2: Timeline demonstrating the contributions into the crown ether–porphyrin chemistry.
Figure 3: Tetra-crowned porphyrin 1 and dimer 2 formed upon K+ binding.
Figure 4: meso-Crowned 25-oxasmaragdyrins 3a–c and their boron(III) complexes (3a–c)-BF2.
Scheme 1: CsF ion-pair binding of 4. The molecular structure of 4-CsF is shown on the right [101].
Figure 5: CsF ion pair binding by 5. The molecular structure of 5-CsF is shown on the right [102].
Scheme 2: Ion-pair binding by 6. The molecular structure of (6-CsCl)2 is shown on the right [103].
Scheme 3: Hydrated fluoride binding by 7 [104].
Figure 6: β-Crowned porphyrin 8.
Figure 7: Crown ether-capped porphyrins 9.
Figure 8: The capped porphyrin 10 and complex [10-PQ](PF6)2.
Figure 9: The double-capped porphyrin 11.
Figure 10: Selected examples of iminoporphyrinoids [58,122].
Scheme 4: The synthesis of 13.
Scheme 5: Tripyrrane-based crown ether-embedding porphyrinoid 15.
Figure 11: Macrocycles 16–19 and their coordination compounds.
Scheme 6: The flexibility of 16-Co [66].
Figure 12: Hexagonal wheel composed of six 16-Co(III) monomers [66].
Scheme 7: The synthesis of 16-V [67].
Figure 13: The molecular structure of dimers [16-Mn]2 [67].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of crownphyrins 28–33. Compounds 23a/b and 29a/b were obtained from 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tr...
Figure 14: The molecular structures of 22a, 34a·(HCl)2, and 29b [69].
Figure 15: Molecular structures of 22a-Pb and (29b)2-Zn [69].
Scheme 9: Reactivity of 29a/b.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 36 and 37 [131].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 40–45.
Figure 16: Potential applications of porphyrin-crown ether hybrids.
Site-selective reactions mediated by molecular containers
- Rui Wang and
- Yang Yu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 309–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.35
- could be regarded as a protective group by shielding the internal alkenyl site. In 2016, the Rebek group achieved the site-selective reduction of an α,ω-diazide compound by trimethylphosphine (PMe3) in aqueous solution with a cavitand host as the protecting group for one of the azide sites (Figure 5
- ) [60]. The host in here was a water-soluble deep cavitand D with methylated urea groups on the rim, which had already been used to mediate other organic reactions [61]. The feet of the host were transformed to pyridinium cationic moieties to make it soluble in water, and in other examples, similar
- cavitand hosts were also modified with imidazolium cationic or carboxylic anionic feet [29]. Before the reaction, NMR analysis of the host–guest complex indicated that the bound guest was in yo-yo motions time-averaged between unsymmetrical J-shaped conformations and symmetrical U-shaped ones. Treatment of
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Figure 1: Site-selective Diels–Alder reaction of anthracene and phthalimide mediated by aqueous organopalladi...
Figure 2: Site-selective Diels–Alder and [2 + 2]-photoaddition reactions between naphthalene and phthalimide ...
Figure 3: Cage host A-mediated selective 1,4-radical addition of o-quinone 10.
Figure 4: Cyclodextrin-mediated site-selective reductions.
Figure 5: Selective reduction of an α,ω-diazide compound mediated by water-soluble cavitand D.
Figure 6: Selective radical reduction of α,ω-dihalides mediated by water-soluble cavitands E and F.
Figure 7: Site-selective hydrogenation of polyenols mediated by supramolecular encapsulated rhodium catalyst.
Figure 8: Site-selective oxidation of steroids using cyclodextrin as the anchoring template.
Figure 9: Site-selective oxidations of linear diterpenoids with the help of cage host A.
Figure 10: Site-selective monoepoxidation of α,ω-dienes mediated by the water-soluble cavitand host E.
Figure 11: Site-selective ring-opening reaction of epoxides mediated by cavitand I with an inwardly directed c...
Figure 12: Site-selective nucleophilic substitution reaction of allylic chlorides mediated by cage host J.
Figure 13: Site-selective monohydrolysis of α,ω-difunctional compounds using deep water-soluble cavitands.
Halogen bonding and host–guest chemistry between N-alkylammonium resorcinarene halides, diiodoperfluorobutane and neutral guests
- Fangfang Pan,
- Mohadeseh Dashti,
- Michael R. Reynolds,
- Kari Rissanen,
- John F. Trant and
- Ngong Kodiah Beyeh
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 947–954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.91
- guests, and the length of the alkyl chain [30][31]. In our previous report, the basic conformation of the host N-hexylammonium resorcinarene bromide (Hex-NARBr) was driven by the incorporation of a 1,4-dioxane guest molecule [32], and the inter-cavitand bridging of DIOFB. The relatively long N
- , and the resulting empty space, induces disorder for both the hexyl groups on the upper-rim of the cavitand, and the DIOFB molecules. Two preferred conformations of these systems were identified with a ratio of ca. 3:1 (Figure 3, Figures S1 and S3 in Supporting Information File 1). Due to the center of
- rim. A similar study was also extended to another resorcinarene chloride salt, Cy-NARCl 2. The obtained crystal showed the assembly as Water@2&DIOFB, forming a 1:2 (2:DIOFB) halogen bonded chain (Figure 4). In this case, the cavitand encapsulated two water molecules in the cavity. The water molecules
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Figure 1: Tetravalent XB acceptor, Hex-NARBr 1, Cy-NARCl 2, divalent XB donor DIOFB, and guests MeCN, MeOH an...
Figure 2: The previously reported halogen-bonded complexes CHCl3@1&DIOFB (a), and MeOH@1&DIOFB (b). (c)The fi...
Figure 3: The two dimerization modes in the MeOH-MeCN@1&DIOFB complex. In both modes, the cavities are shown ...
Figure 4: (a) The halogen bonding (blue broken lines), hydrogen bonding (red broken lines) and the host–guest...
Figure 5: 19F NMR in CDCl3 at 298 K of: a) DIOFB (10 mM); b) 1:2 mixture of DIOFB and 1; 1:2:1 mixture of DIO...
Figure 6: 1H NMR in CDCl3 at 298 K of: a) 1 (10 mM), b) 1:2 mixture of 1 and DIOFB, c) 1:2:1 mixture of 1, DI...
Dynamic light scattering studies of the effects of salts on the diffusivity of cationic and anionic cavitands
- Anthony Wishard and
- Bruce C. Gibb
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2212–2219, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.195
- fluoride and chloride did not induce aggregation of positively charged host 2, this cavitand exhibited marked aggregation as a function of bromide and iodide concentration. Specifically, bromide induced small but significant amounts of dimerization, whilst iodide induced extreme aggregation. Moreover, in
- these cases aggregation of host 2 also exhibited a cationic dependence, with an observed trend Na+ > Li+ > K+ ≈ Cs+. In combination, these results reveal new details of specific ion pairings in aqueous solution and how this can influence the properties of dissolved organics. Keywords: cavitand; dynamic
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of octaacid 1 and positand 2 showing the anionic binding sites of the two hosts...
Figure 2: Representative plots of the volume-weighted distribution obtained by DLS for salts titrated into 2....
Figure 3: Representative plots of the volume-weighted distribution obtained by DLS for salts titrated into 2....
Scheme 1: Visualization of the competitive equilibrium between iodide binding to host 2 or associating with i...
From steroids to aqueous supramolecular chemistry: an autobiographical career review
- Bruce C. Gibb
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 684–701, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.69
- -helical peptides could be coupled to the rim of a cavitand scaffold to form mimics of four-helix bundles or caviteins (Figure 2) [9][10]. These latter two projects worked well, although I ended up moving on before the cavitein work could be brought to full fruition; it was more a case of me ”clearing the
- one of the chiral grooves of the triple-helix. In contrast, the second project on cavitands was focused on making a wholly synthetic hydrophobic pocket rather than one in a proteinaceous hybrid. We needed a peptide synthesizer for the canyons project and a round bottom flask for the cavitand work, and
- as we had to buy the former via a long, drawn-out purchasing process, and the latter could be picked up from the department store, the cavitand work was the first thing we did. The first new reaction carried out in our chemistry cupboard was to deepen the cavity of resorcinarenes (Scheme 5). To
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Scheme 1: The formation of a 1:1 complex and a 2:1 supramolecular nano-capsule complex from bowl-shaped “cavi...
Scheme 2: Abbreviated synthesis of 7-amino-2-phenyl-6-azaindolizine.
Figure 1: My two favorite compounds for my Ph.D. dissertation, “The Synthesis and Structural Examination of 3...
Scheme 3: An inspiring chlorination from the group of Ronald Breslow.
Scheme 4: The carceplex reaction.
Figure 2: Schematic of a cavitein.
Figure 3: General structure of zinc-TPA complexes.
Scheme 5: Stereoselective bridging of a resorcinarene with benzal halides.
Scheme 6: An eight-fold Ullman ether “weaving” reaction.
Scheme 7: Directed ortho-metallation of the deep-cavity cavitands, showing the mono-endo substituted to tetra-...
Scheme 8: Macrocycle synthesis via resorcinarene covalent templates.
Figure 4: Tris-pyridyl hosts.
Figure 5: (Center) Chemical structure of the octa-acid host. (Left and right) Respective space-filling repres...
Figure 6: Cartoons of the 2:1 host–guest complexes of estradiol (left) and cholesterol (right).
Figure 7: Representative guests for the capsular complexes formed by octa-acid (stoichiometry shown in parent...
Figure 8: A dendrimer-coated cavitand.
Figure 9: Selective oxidation of olefins by singlet oxygen.
Figure 10: a) Preferred packing motifs of methyl, pentyl and octyl guests. b) Product distribution observed fo...
Figure 11: Schematic of the competition of two esters for the capsule formed by octa-acid. The ester that bind...
Figure 12: Schematic of the inter-phase separation of propane and butane; the latter binds more strongly to th...
Figure 13: Structure of tetra-endo-methyl octa-acid (TEMOA).
Figure 14: Assembly properties of TEMOA.
Figure 15: How salts influence the association constant (Ka) for the binding of ClO4– to octa-acid (Figure 4). The ind...
Molecular ordering at electrified interfaces: Template and potential effects
- Thanh Hai Phan and
- Klaus Wandelt
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2243–2254, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.233
- mM DBVCl2 containing 10 mM HCl electrolyte, forming a so-called “cavitand”-structure consisting of small squares with a hole in the center. Figure 9a shows two mirror domains of this phase denoted as I and II enclosing an angle of 32° between them. Of course, due to the four-fold symmetry of the Cu
- formed from subunits. This is verified by the two high-resolution zoom-ins in Figure 9b and c. Each cavitand consists of four individual DBV2+ species building a square-shaped motif with a cavity in the center. Since the four building blocks may be arranged in two different ways as illustrated in the two
- dicationic character of the DBV2+ building blocks of this cavitand structure was verified by ex situ XPS measurements using synchrotron radiation, namely by a dominant N(1s) signal at 402.1 eV [27]. Sweeping the electrode potential to a value below −200 mV vs RHE causes the disintegration of the cavitand
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Figure 1: Cyclic voltammograms of Cu(111) in pure 10 mM HCl (dashed grey curve) and in viologen molecules con...
Figure 2: Reversible redox-state of viologen molecule; Φ = dihedral angle of the respective bipyridinium core....
Figure 3: Chloride-modified Cu(111) surface : a) STM image 70 nm × 70 nm, bias voltage Ub +220 mV, tunneling ...
Figure 4: Typical STM images of the surface morphology and high-resolution images of the DBV2+ related herrin...
Figure 5: Structural correlation between the ordered DBV2+ herring-bone phase and the anionic chloride lattic...
Figure 6: A series of STM images recorded with the same tunneling parameters (46.67 nm × 46.67 nm, Ub = 386 m...
Figure 7: Series of STM images showing the desintegration of the stripe pattern and restoration of the corres...
Figure 8: a) Typical STM image showing two rotational domains of the DBV+• alterating stripe pattern (see tex...
Figure 9: STM images of the DBV2+ cavitand phase on c(2 × 2)Cl/Cu(100); a) 29.2 nm × 29.2 nm, b) and c) 7.5 n...
Figure 10: Typical STM image showing two rotational domains of the DBV+• stripe pattern on Cl/Cu(100): a) 57.6...
Figure 11: Structure models for the observed ordered layers of DBV2+ dications and DBV+• monocation radicals o...
Topochemical control of the photodimerization of aromatic compounds by γ-cyclodextrin thioethers in aqueous solution
- Hai Ming Wang and
- Gerhard Wenz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1858–1866, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.217
- spin-orbit coupling interactions between states of different spin multiplicities and consequently facilitate intersystem crossing. However, supramolecular control of the packing of ACE leads to a significant improvement of the stereoselectivity. ACE was complexed in a cavitand nanocapsule [32] and in a
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of selected aromatic guests: anthracene, ANT; acenaphthylene, ACE; and coumarin...
Figure 2: Structures of γ-CD and γ-CD thioethers 1–7.
Scheme 1: Photodimerization of ACE.
Figure 3: 1H NMR spectrum of the photo product of ACE in the presence of γ-CD thioether 3 in CDCl3.
Figure 4: Schematic drawing of the ACE photodimers in γ-CD: a) the syn photodimer and b) the anti photodimer....
Figure 5: Structures of COU photodimers.
Figure 6: Partial 1H NMR of the photodimers formed after irradiation of COU at various concentrations of Na2SO...
Molecular recognition of organic ammonium ions in solution using synthetic receptors
- Andreas Späth and
- Burkhard König
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.32
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Figure 1: Biologically important amines and quaternary ammonium salts: histamine (1), dopamine (2) and acetyl...
Figure 2: Crown ether 18-crown-6.
Figure 3: Conformations of 18-crown-6 (4) in solvents of different polarity.
Figure 4: Binding topologies of the ammonium ion depending on the crown ring size.
Figure 5: A “pseudorotaxane” structure consisting of 24-crown-8 and a secondary ammonium ion (5); R = Ph.
Figure 6: Typical examples of azacrown ethers, cryptands and related aza macrocycles.
Figure 7: Binding of ammonium to azacrown ethers and cryptands [111-113].
Figure 8: A 19-crown-6-ether with decalino blocking groups (11) and a thiazole-dibenzo-18-crown-6-ether (12).
Figure 9: 1,3-Bis(6-oxopyridazin-1-yl)propane derivatives 13 and 14 by Campayo et al.
Figure 10: Fluorescent azacrown-PET-sensors based on coumarin.
Figure 11: Two different pyridino-cryptands (17 and 18) compared to a pyridino-crown (19); chiral ammonium ion...
Figure 12: Pyridino-18-crown-6 ligand (21), a similar acridino-18-crown-6 ligand (22) and a structurally relat...
Figure 13: Ciral pyridine-azacrown ether receptors 24.
Figure 14: Chiral 15-crown-5 receptors 26 and an analogue 18-crown-6 ligand 27 derived from amino alcohols.
Figure 15: C2-symmetric chiral 18-crown-6 amino alcohol derivatives 28 and related macrocycles.
Figure 16: Macrocycles with diamide-diester groups (30).
Figure 17: C2-symmetric chiral aza-18-crown-6 ethers (31) with phenethylamine residues.
Figure 18: Chiral C-pivot p-methoxy-phenoxy-lariat ethers.
Figure 19: Chiral lariat crown ether 34.
Figure 20: Sucrose-based chiral crown ether receptors 36.
Figure 21: Permethylated fructooligosaccharide 37 showing induced-fit chiral recognition.
Figure 22: Biphenanthryl-18-crown-6 derivative 38.
Figure 23: Chiral lariat crown ethers derived from binol by Fuji et al.
Figure 24: Chiral phenolic crown ether 41 with “aryl chiral barriers” and guest amines.
Figure 25: Chiral bis-crown receptor 43 with a meso-ternaphthalene backbone.
Figure 26: Chromogenic pH-dependent bis-crown chemosensor 44 for diamines.
Figure 27: Triamine guests for binding to receptor 44.
Figure 28: Chiral bis-crown phenolphthalein chemosensors 46.
Figure 29: Crown ether amino acid 47.
Figure 30: Luminescent receptor 48 for bis-alkylammonium guests.
Figure 31: Luminescent CEAA (49a), a bis-CEAA receptor for amino acids (49b) and the structure of lysine bindi...
Figure 32: Luminescent CEAA tripeptide for binding small peptides.
Figure 33: Bis crown ether 51a self assembles co-operatively with C60-ammonium ion 51b.
Figure 34: Triptycene-based macrotricyclic dibenzo-[24]-crown-8 ether host 52 and guests.
Figure 35: Copper imido diacetic acid azacrown receptor 53a and the suggested His-Lys binding motif; a copper ...
Figure 36: Urea (54) and thiourea (55) benzo crown receptor for transport and extraction of amino acids.
Figure 37: Crown pyryliums ion receptors 56 for amino acids.
Figure 38: Ditopic sulfonamide bridged crown ether receptor 57.
Figure 39: Luminescent peptide receptor 58.
Figure 40: Luminescent receptor 59 for the detection of D-glucosamine hydrochloride in water/ethanol and lumin...
Figure 41: Guanidinium azacrown receptor 61 for simple amino acids and ditopic receptor 62 with crown ether an...
Figure 42: Chiral bicyclic guanidinium azacrown receptor 63 and similar receptor 64 for the enantioselective t...
Figure 43: Receptors for zwitterionic species based on luminescent CEAAs.
Figure 44: 1,10-Azacrown ethers with sugar podand arms and the anticancer agent busulfan.
Figure 45: Benzo-18-crown-6 modified β-cyclodextrin 69 and β-cyclodextrin functionalized with diaza-18-crown-6...
Figure 46: Receptors for colorimetric detection of primary and secondary ammonium ions.
Figure 47: Porphyrine-crown-receptors 72.
Figure 48: Porphyrin-crown ether conjugate 73 and fullerene-ammonium ion guest 74.
Figure 49: Calix[4]arene (75a), homooxocalix[4]arene (75b) and resorcin[4]arene (75c) compared (R = H, alkyl c...
Figure 50: Calix[4]arene and ammonium ion guest (R = H, alkyl, OAcyl etc.), possible binding sites; A: co-ordi...
Figure 51: Typical guests for studies with calixarenes and related molecules.
Figure 52: Lower rim modified p-tert-butylcalix[5]arenes 82.
Figure 53: The first example of a water soluble calixarene.
Figure 54: Sulfonated water soluble calix[n]arenes that bind ammonium ions.
Figure 55: Displacement assay for acetylcholine (3) with a sulfonato-calix[6]arene (84b).
Figure 56: Amino acid inclusion in p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene (84a).
Figure 57: Calixarene receptor family 86 with upper and lower rim functionalization.
Figure 58: Calix[6]arenes 87 with one carboxylic acid functionality.
Figure 59: Sulfonated calix[n]arenes with mono-substitution at the lower rim systematically studied on their r...
Figure 60: Cyclotetrachromotropylene host (91) and its binding to lysine (81c).
Figure 61: Calixarenes 92 and 93 with phosphonic acids groups.
Figure 62: Calix[4]arene tetraphosphonic acid (94a) and a double bridged analogue (94b).
Figure 63: Calix[4]arene tetraphosphonic acid ester (92c) for surface recognition experiments.
Figure 64: Calixarene receptors 95 with α-aminophosphonate groups.
Figure 65: A bridged homocalix[3]arene 95 and a distally bridged homocalix[4]crown 96.
Figure 66: Homocalix[3]arene ammonium ion receptor 97a and the Reichardt’s dye (97b) for colorimetric assays.
Figure 67: Chromogenic diazo-bridged calix[4]arene 98.
Figure 68: Calixarene receptor 99 by Huang et al.
Figure 69: Calixarenes 100 reported by Parisi et al.
Figure 70: Guest molecules for inclusion in calixarenes 100: DAP × 2 HCl (101a), APA (101b) and Lys-OMe × 2 HC...
Figure 71: Different N-linked peptido-calixarenes open and with glycol chain bridges.
Figure 72: (S)-1,1′-Bi-2-naphthol calixarene derivative 104 published by Kubo et al.
Figure 73: A chiral ammonium-ion receptor 105 based on the calix[4]arene skeleton.
Figure 74: R-/S-phenylalaninol functionalized calix[6]arenes 106a and 106b.
Figure 75: Capped homocalix[3]arene ammonium ion receptor 107.
Figure 76: Two C3 symmetric capped calix[6]arenes 108 and 109.
Figure 77: Phosphorous-containing rigidified calix[6]arene 110.
Figure 78: Calix[6]azacryptand 111.
Figure 79: Further substituted calix[6]azacryptands 112.
Figure 80: Resorcin[4]arene (75c) and the cavitands (113).
Figure 81: Tetrasulfonatomethylcalix[4]resorcinarene (114).
Figure 82: Resorcin[4]arenes (115a/b) and pyrogallo[4]arenes (115c, 116).
Figure 83: Displacement assay for acetylcholine (3) with tetracyanoresorcin[4]arene (117).
Figure 84: Tetramethoxy resorcinarene mono-crown-5 (118).
Figure 85: Components of a resorcinarene based displacement assay for ammonium ions.
Figure 86: Chiral basket resorcin[4]arenas 121.
Figure 87: Resorcinarenes with deeper cavitand structure (122).
Figure 88: Resorcinarene with partially open deeper cavitand structure (123).
Figure 89: Water-stabilized deep cavitands with partially structure (124, 125).
Figure 90: Charged cavitands 126 for tetralkylammonium ions.
Figure 91: Ditopic calix[4]arene receptor 127 capped with glycol chains.
Figure 92: A calix[5]arene dimer for diammonium salt recognition.
Figure 93: Calixarene parts 92c and 129 for the formation molecular capsules.
Figure 94: Encapsulation of a quaternary ammonium cation by two resorcin[4]arene molecules (NMe4+@[75c]2 × Cl−...
Figure 95: Encapsulation of a quaternary ammonium cation by six resorcin[4]arene molecules (NMe3D+@[130]6 × Cl−...
Figure 96: Structure and schematic of cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6], 131a).
Figure 97: Cyclohexanocucurbit[6]uril (CB′[6], 132) and the guest molecule spermine (133).
Figure 98: α,α,δ,δ-Tetramethylcucurbit[6]uril (134).
Figure 99: Structure of the cucurbituril-phthalhydrazide analogue 135.
Figure 100: Organic cavities for the displacement assay for amine differentiation.
Figure 101: Displacement assay methodology for diammonium- and related guests involving cucurbiturils and some ...
Figure 102: Nor-seco-Cucurbituril (±)-bis-ns-CB[6] (140) and guest molecules.
Figure 103: The cucurbit[6]uril based complexes 141 for chiral discrimination.
Figure 104: Cucurbit[7]uril (131c) and its ferrocene guests (142) opposed.
Figure 105: Cucurbit[7]uril (131c) guest inclusion and representative guests.
Figure 106: Cucurbit[7]uril (131c) binding to succinylcholine (145) and different bis-ammonium and bis-phosphon...
Figure 107: Paraquat-cucurbit[8]uril complex 149.
Figure 108: Gluconuril-based ammonium receptors 150.
Figure 109: Examples of clefts (151a), tweezers (151b, 151c, 151d) and clips (151e).
Figure 110: Kemp’s triacid (152a), on example of Rebek’s receptors (152b) and guests.
Figure 111: Amino acid receptor (154) by Rebek et al.
Figure 112: Hexagonal lattice designed hosts by Bell et al.
Figure 113: Bell’s amidinium receptor (156) and the amidinium ion (157).
Figure 114: Aromatic phosphonic acids.
Figure 115: Xylene phosphonates 159 and 160a/b for recognition of amines and amino alcohols.
Figure 116: Bisphosphonate recognition motif 161 for a colorimetric assay with alizarin complexone (163) for ca...
Figure 117: Bisphosphonate/phosphate clip 164 and bisphosphonate cleft 165.
Figure 118: N-Methylpyrazine 166a, N-methylnicotinamide iodide (166b) and NAD+ (166c).
Figure 119: Bisphosphate cavitands.
Figure 120: Bisphosphonate 167 of Schrader and Finocchiaro.
Figure 121: Tweezer 168 for noradrenaline (80b).
Figure 122: Different tripods and heparin (170).
Figure 123: Squaramide based receptors 172.
Figure 124: Cage like NH4+ receptor 173 of Kim et al.
Figure 125: Ammonium receptors 174 of Chin et al.
Figure 126: 2-Oxazolin-based ammonium receptors 175a–d and 176 by Ahn et al.
Figure 127: Racemic guest molecules 177.
Figure 128: Tripods based on a imidazole containing macrocycle (178) and the guest molecules employed in the st...
Figure 129: Ammonium ion receptor 180.
Figure 130: Tetraoxa[3.3.3.3]paracyclophanes 181 and a cyclophanic tetraester (182).
Figure 131: Peptidic bridged paraquat-cyclophane.
Figure 132: Shape-selective noradrenaline host.
Figure 133: Receptor 185 for binding of noradrenaline on surface layers from Schrader et al.
Figure 134: Tetraphosphonate receptor for binding of noradrenaline.
Figure 135: Tetraphosphonate 187 of Schrader and Finocchiaro.
Figure 136: Zinc-Porphyrin ammonium-ion receptors 188 and 189 of Mizutani et al.
Figure 137: Zinc porphyrin receptor 190.
Figure 138: Zinc porphyrin receptors 191 capable of amino acid binding.
Figure 139: Zinc-porphyrins with amino acid side chains for stereoinduction.
Figure 140: Bis-zinc-bis-porphyrin based on Tröger’s base 193.
Figure 141: BINAP-zinc-prophyrin derivative 194 and it’s guests.
Figure 142: Bisaryl-linked-zinc-porphyrin receptors.
Figure 143: Bis-zinc-porphyrin 199 for diamine recognition and guests.
Figure 144: Bis-zinc-porphyrin crown ether 201.
Figure 145: Bis-zinc-porphyrin 202 for stereodiscrimination (L = large substituent; S = small substituent).
Figure 146: Bis-zinc-porphyrin[3]rotaxane and its copper complex and guests.
Figure 147: Dien-bipyridyl ligand 206 for co-ordination of two metal atoms.
Figure 148: The ligand and corresponding tetradentate co-complex 207 serving as enantioselective receptor for a...
Figure 149: Bis(oxazoline)–copper(II) complex 208 for the recognition of amino acids in aqueous solution.
Figure 150: Zinc-salen-complexes 209 for the recognition tertiary amines.
Figure 151: Bis(oxazoline)–copper(II) 211 for the recognition of amino acids in aqueous solution.
Figure 152: Zn(II)-complex of a C2 terpyridine crown ether.
Figure 153: Displacement assay and receptor for aspartate over glutamate.
Figure 154: Chiral complex 214 for a colorimetric displacement assay for amino acids.
Figure 155: Metal complex receptor 215 with tripeptide side arms.
Figure 156: A sandwich complex 216 and its displaceable dye 217.
Figure 157: Lanthanide complexes 218–220 for amino acid recognition.
Figure 158: Nonactin (221), valinomycin (222) and vancomycin (223).
Figure 159: Monesin (224a) and a chiral analogue for enantiodiscrimination of ammonium guests (224b).
Figure 160: Chiral podands (226) compared to pentaglyme-dimethylether (225) and 18-crown-6 (4).
Figure 161: Lasalocid A (228).
Figure 162: Lasalocid derivatives (230) of Sessler et al.
Figure 163: The Coporphyrin I tetraanion (231).
Figure 164: Linear and cyclic peptides for ammonium ion recognition.
Figure 165: Cyclic and bicyclic depsipeptides for ammonium ion recognition.
Figure 166: α-Cyclodextrin (136a) and novocaine (236).
Figure 167: Helical diol receptor 237 by Reetz and Sostmann.
Figure 168: Ammonium binding spherand by Cram et al. (238a) and the cyclic[6]metaphenylacetylene 238b in compar...
Figure 169: Receptor for peptide backbone and ammonium binding (239).
Figure 170: Anion sensor principle with 3-hydroxy-2-naphthanilide of Jiang et al.
Figure 171: 7-bromo-3-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)naphthalene 2-carboxamide (241) and its amine binding.
Figure 172: Naturally occurring catechins with affinity to quaternary ammonium ions.
Figure 173: Spiropyran (244) and merocyanine form (244a) of the amino acid receptors of Fuji et al.
Figure 174: Coumarin aldehyde (245) and its iminium species with amino acid bound (245a) by Glass et al.
Figure 175: Coumarin aldehyde appended with boronic acid.
Figure 176: Quinolone aldehyde dimers by Glass et al.
Figure 177: Chromogenic ammonium ion receptors with trifluoroacetophenone recognition motifs.
Figure 178: Chromogenic ammonium ion receptor with trifluoroacetophenone recognition motif bound on different m...
Size selective recognition of small esters by a negative allosteric hemicarcerand
- Holger Staats and
- Arne Lützen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.10
- example for a negative allosteric hemicarcerand we are now working on the improvement of the performance of our allosteric receptors, e.g. by using other cavitand-building blocks with deeper cavities. Experimental Compound 2 and its complex [(CO)3Re(2)Cl] were prepared according to our recently published
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Bis(resorcinarene) esters of 4,4′- and 4,6′-(2,2′-bipyridyl)dicarboxylic acid, 1 and 2, respectivel...
Scheme 2: Simple esters used as model substrates in this study.
Figure 1: Qualitative binding studies of 2 and the model substrates 3–7. 1H NMR spectra (500.1 MHz, 298 K in ...
Figure 2: 1H NMR titration (500.1 MHz, 298 K, c0(2) = 5.3 mmol/L) of 2 with increasing amounts of ethyl aceta...
Scheme 3: Binding model of the negative cooperative allosteric behaviour of 2.
Control of stilbene conformation and fluorescence in self-assembled capsules
- Mark R. Ams,
- Dariush Ajami,
- Stephen L. Craig,
- Jye-Shane Yang and
- Julius Rebek Jr
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 79, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.79
- changes rather than purely geometrical ones. Here, self-assembly of an external host system is responsible for turning on and off stilbene fluorescence through geometrical control of the stilbene’s surroundings. (Top) Tetraimide cavitand 1, the dimeric capsule 1.1 and its cartoon representation. (Bottom
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (Top) Tetraimide cavitand 1, the dimeric capsule 1.1 and its cartoon representation. (Bottom) The s...
Figure 2: Room temperature fluorescence spectra at λexc = 318 nm for 10 µM mesitylene solutions of 4,4′-dimet...
Figure 3: (Top) Glycouril 7, the extended capsule 1.74.1, (only one enantiomeric arrangement is shown) and it...
Figure 4: Room temperature emission spectra for 10 µM solutions of 4-ethyl-4′-ethylstilbene (3) in the capsul...
