A general picture of cucurbit [8] uril host–guest binding

Z Sun, Z Huai, Q He, Z Liu - Journal of chemical information and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Describing, understanding, and designing complex interaction networks within
macromolecular systems remain challenging in modern chemical research. Host–guest …

The Role of Packing, Dispersion, Electrostatics, and Solvation in High‐Affinity Complexes of Cucurbit[n]urils with Uncharged Polar Guests

LM Grimm, S Spicher, B Tkachenko… - … A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rationalization of non‐covalent binding trends is both of fundamental interest and
provides new design concepts for biomimetic molecular systems. Cucurbit [n] urils (CBn) are …

New ultrahigh affinity host− guest complexes of cucurbit [7] uril with bicyclo [2.2. 2] octane and adamantane guests: Thermodynamic analysis and evaluation of m2 …

S Moghaddam, C Yang, M Rekharsky… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A dicationic ferrocene derivative has previously been shown to bind cucurbit [7] uril (CB [7])
in water with ultrahigh affinity (Δ G o=− 21 kcal/mol). Here, we describe new compounds that …

A Nexus between Theory and Experiment: Non‐Empirical Quantum Mechanical Computational Methodology Applied to Cucurbit[n]uril⋅Guest Binding Interactions

J Hostaš, D Sigwalt, M Šekutor, H Ajani… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A training set of eleven X‐ray structures determined for biomimetic complexes between
cucurbit [n] uril (CB [7 or 8]) hosts and adamantane‐/diamantane ammonium/aminium …

Can we beat the biotin–avidin pair?: cucurbit [7] uril-based ultrahigh affinity host–guest complexes and their applications

D Shetty, JK Khedkar, KM Park, K Kim - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of synthetic, monovalent host–guest molecular recognition pairs is still
challenging and of particular interest to inquire into the limits of the affinity that can be …

From Packed “Sandwich” to “Russian Doll”: Assembly by Charge‐Transfer Interactions in Cucurbit [10] uril

W Gong, X Yang, PY Zavalij, L Isaacs… - … –A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As the host possessing the largest cavity in the cucurbit [n] uril (CB [n]) family, CB [10] has
previously displayed unusual recognition and assembly properties with guests but much …

A reference scale of cucurbit [7] uril binding affinities

MA Alnajjar, WM Nau, A Hennig - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The accurate determination of ultra-high binding affinities in supramolecular host–guest
chemistry is a challenging endeavour because direct binding titrations are generally limited …

Converging free energies of binding in cucurbit [7] uril and octa-acid host–guest systems from SAMPL4 using expanded ensemble simulations

JI Monroe, MR Shirts - Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2014 - Springer
Molecular containers such as cucurbit [7] uril (CB7) and the octa-acid (OA) host are ideal
simplified model test systems for optimizing and analyzing methods for computing free …

Cucurbiturils: from synthesis to high-affinity binding and catalysis

KI Assaf, WM Nau - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the wide area of supramolecular chemistry, cucurbit [n] urils (CBn) present themselves as
a young family of molecular containers, able to form stable complexes with various guests …

U‐Shaped Conformation of Alkyl Chains Bound to a Synthetic Receptor Cucurbit [8] uril

YH Ko, Y Kim, H Kim, K Kim - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The behavior of a series of alkanes bound to the molecular host cucurbit [8] uril (CB [8]) has
been systematically studied by 2D 1H NMR spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry …