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Positive Allosteric Control of Guests Encapsulation by Metal Binding to Covalent Porphyrin Cages
2018
The allosteric control of the receptor properties of two flexible covalent cages is reported. These receptors consist of two zinc(II) porphyrins connected by four linkers of two different sizes, each incorporating two 1,2,3‐triazolyl ligands. Silver(I) ions act as effectors, responsible for an on/off encapsulation mechanism of neutral guest molecules. Binding silver(I) ions to the triazoles opens the cages and triggers the coordination of pyrazine or the encapsulation of N,N′‐dibutyl‐1,4,5,8‐naphthalene diimide. The X‐ray structure of the silver(I)‐complexed receptor with short connectors is reported, revealing the hollow structure with a cavity well‐defined by two eclipsed porphyrins. Rath…
Synthesis of Pillar[6]arenes and Their Host–Guest Complexes
2015
Pillar[n]arenes are a fast-growing research topic in supramolecular chemistry. Originally the focus was predominantly on pillar[5]arenes; however, now more and more studies on pillar[6]arenes are being performed. The ability and selectivity of host–guest complexations depend strongly on the size of the inner cavities of these macrocycles. New results have stimulated us to compile the synthetic entries and the complexations of pillar[6]arenes with large cylindric cavities that offer space for many different guest molecules. 1 Introduction 2 Preparation of Pillar[6]arenes 2.1 Pillar[6]arenes by Macrocyclization Reactions 2.2 Hydroxypillar[6]arenes through Ether Cleavage 2.3 Hydroxypillar[6]ar…
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Pillar[6]arenes and Their Host-Guest Complexes
2015
Pillar[n]arenes are a fast-growing research topic in supramolecular chemistry. Originally the focus was predominantly on pillar[5]arenes; however, now more and more studies on pillar[6]arenes are being performed. The ability and selectivity of host–guest complexations depend strongly on the size of the inner cavities of these macrocycles. New results have stimulated us to compile the synthetic entries and the complexations of pillar[6]arenes with large cylindric cavities that offer space for many different guest molecules. 1 Introduction 2 Preparation of Pillar[6]arenes 2.1 Pillar[6]arenes by Macrocyclization Reactions 2.2 Hydroxypillar[6]arenes through Ether Cleavage 2.3 Hydroxypillar[6]ar…
Conformational and Tautomeric Control by Supramolecular Approach in Ureido-N-iso-propyl,N’-4-(3-pyridin-2-one)pyrimidine
2019
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Ferrochirality: a simple theoretical model of interacting, dynamically invertible, helical polymers, 2. Molecular field approach: supports and the de…
1995
Using a molecular field approach, the effect of interaction between reversibly invertible, helical polymers is investigated theoretically. The helices are modelled by nearest-neighbour statistical thermodynamics. If the interaction energy between two helices of common handedness is lower than that of oppositely handed ones, a critical temperature Tc exists, below which the system spontaneously must leave the racemic state, though there is no contact to any chiral centre or force. This is analogous to the second-order phase transition of ferromagnets. The critical point increases with molecular weight and optical persistence of the helices. At the critical point the system is highly sensitiv…
Degrees of freedom effect on fragmentation in tandem mass spectrometry of singly charged supramolecular aggregates of sodium sulfonates
2013
The characteristic collision energy (CCE) to obtain 50% fragmentation of positively and negatively single charged non-covalent clusters has been measured. CCE was found to increase linearly with the degrees of freedom (DoF) of the precursor ion, analogously to that observed for synthetic polymers. This suggests that fragmentation behavior (e.g. energy randomization) in covalent molecules and clusters are similar. Analysis of the slope of CCE with molecular size (DoF) indicates that activation energy of fragmentation of these clusters (loss of a monomer unit) is similar to that of the lowest energy fragmentation of protonated leucine-enkephalin. Positively and negatively charged aggregates b…
Microgel regions in dilute agarose solutions: the notion of non-gelling concentration, and the role of spinodal demixing
1991
Abstract Freely drifting microgel regions are found in aqueous solutions of agarose, a representative biostructural polysaccharide, at concentrations between 0.01% and 0.05% w/v when quenched from 100°C to lower temperature. The size of these domains depends on the quench temperature and agarose concentration. The results agree with recent findings on the role that fluctuations within or close to the instability region of solution have as the initial step towards the self-assembly of supramolecular structures, and throw a new light on the notion of the lowest solute concentration needed for gelation.
Supramolecular hierarchy among halogen and hydrogen bond donors in light-induced surface patterning
2015
Halogen bonding, a noncovalent interaction possessing several unique features compared to the more familiar hydrogen bonding, is emerging as a powerful tool in functional materials design. Herein, we unambiguously show that one of these characteristic features, namely high directionality, renders halogen bonding the interaction of choice when developing azobenzene-containing supramolecular polymers for light-induced surface patterning. The study is conducted by using an extensive library of azobenzene molecules that differ only in terms of the bond-donor unit. We introduce a new tetrafluorophenol-containing azobenzene photoswitch capable of forming strong hydrogen bonds, and show that an io…
Hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals with broad-range blue phases
2019
We report a modular supramolecular approach for the investigation of chirality induction in hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals. An exceptionally broad blue phase with a temperature range of 25 °C was found, which enabled its structural investigation by solid state 19F-NMR studies and allowed us to report order parameters of the blue phase I for the first time.
Ultrathin Organic Multilayer Films Via Salt Formation: Easy Access To Tailor-made Coatings In The Thickness Range Of 1 Nm To 500 Nm
2005
The state of the art technologies for the preparation of well defined ultrathin films in the submicron range are the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique and self-assembly (SA) methods based on chemisorption [l]. Whereas the LBtechnique requires sophisticated apparatus and is generally limited to small film areas [2], the SA-methods are relatively simple [3,4], hut have not been employed for the preparation of films thicker than 8 layers ( 20nm) [4], probably due to the loss of chemical functionality. Our approach avoids these limits and extends the SA-concept by emploing salt formation as the driving force for the construction of multilayer supramolecular assemblies.