Switchable metallacycles and metallacages

HY Lin, YT Wang, X Shi, HB Yang, L Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional metallacycles and three-dimensional metallacages constructed by
coordination-driven self-assembly have attracted much attention because they exhibit …

Transformation networks of metal–organic cages controlled by chemical stimuli

E Benchimol, BNT Nguyen, TK Ronson… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The flexibility of biomolecules enables them to adapt and transform as a result of signals
received from the external environment, expressing different functions in different contexts …

Dynamic Metallosupramolecular Cages Containing 12 Adaptable Pockets for High-Order Guest Binding Beyond Biomimicry

YH Huang, YL Lu, J Ruan, SP Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular recognition lies at the heart of biological functions, which inspires lasting research
in artificial host syntheses to mimic biomolecules that can recognize, process, and transport …

Systematic construction of progressively larger capsules from a fivefold linking pyrrole-based subcomponent

K Wu, TK Ronson, P Su, Z Chen, L Goh, AW Heard… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Biological encapsulants, such as viral capsids and ferritin protein cages, use many identical
subunits to tile the surface of a polyhedron. Inspired by these natural systems, synthetic …

Constructing Ultrastable Metallo-Cages via In Situ Deprotonation/Oxidation of Dynamic Supramolecular Assemblies

P Su, W Zhang, C Guo, H Liu, C Xiong… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Coordination-driven self-assembly enables the spontaneous construction of metallo-
supramolecules with high precision, facilitated by dynamic and reversible metal–ligand …

New insights and discoveries in anion receptor chemistry

DA McNaughton, WG Ryder, AM Gilchrist, P Wang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
This review offers a broad overview of the advancements in anion receptor chemistry in
2021 and 2022. Detailed examples of acclaimed work in fundamental recognition, sensing …

Fluoride up-and down-regulates guest encapsulation for ZnII6L4 and ZnII4L4 cages

Y Yang, TK Ronson, J Zheng, N Mihara, JR Nitschke - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
The development of artificial molecular systems capable of allosteric regulation has the
potential to unlock new functions related to the purification, sensing, and transformation of …

Metallo-supramolecular hexagonal wreath with four switchable states based on a pH-responsive tridentate ligand

P Su, B Wei, C Guo, Y Hu, R Tang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In biological systems, many biomacromolecules (eg, heme proteins) are capable of
switching their states reversibly in response to external stimuli, endowing these natural …

Construction of a molecular prime link by interlocking two trefoil knots

Z Cui, GX Jin - Nature Synthesis, 2022 - nature.com
Simple and efficient synthetic routes to topologically complex mechanically interlocked
molecules remain scarce owing to the sophisticated three-dimensional entanglement of their …

Modular Construction of a Tessellated Octahedron, its Hierarchical Spherical Aggregate Behavior, and Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity

G Wang, Y Yang, H Liu, M Chen, Z Jiang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coordination‐driven self‐assembly has led to the formation of various aesthetical
polyhedrons and compounds with advanced functions. Whereas two‐dimensional …