Post-synthetic modifications of metal–organic cages

J Liu, Z Wang, P Cheng, MJ Zaworotko… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Metal–organic cages (MOCs) are discrete, supramolecular entities that consist of metal
nodes and organic linkers, which can offer solution processability and high porosity …

Structural chemistry of giant metal based supramolecules

AV Virovets, E Peresypkina, M Scheer - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The review presents a bird-eye view on the state of research in the field of giant
nonbiological discrete metal complexes and ions of nanometer size, which are structurally …

Encapsulating semiconductor quantum dots in supramolecular cages enables ultrafast guest–host electron and vibrational energy transfer

S Lu, DJ Morrow, Z Li, C Guo, X Yu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the field of supramolecular chemistry, host–guest systems have been extensively
explored to encapsulate a wide range of substrates, owing to emerging functionalities in …

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 …

Structural Switching of a Distorted Trigonal Metal‐Organic Cage to a Tetragonal Cage and Singlet Oxygen Mediated Oxidations

R Banerjee, D Chakraborty, WT Jhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Construction of metal–organic cages with unique architecture and guest binding abilities is
highly desirable. Herein, we report the synthesis of a distorted trigonal cage (1) from a …

Multidimensional mass spectrometry assisted metallo-supramolecular chemistry

H Wang, C Guo, X Li - CCS Chemistry, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
Metallo-supramolecular chemistry based on the reversible, directional, and predictable
noncovalent interaction of metal–ligand coordination has been widely applied in …

Construction and hierarchical self-assembly of multifunctional coordination cages with triangular metal–metal-bonded units

ZE Zhang, YF Zhang, YZ Zhang, HL Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, a series of face-capped (Tr2M3) 4L4 (Tr= cycloheptatrienyl cationic ring; M= metal;
L= organosulfur ligand) tetrahedral cages 1–3 functionalized with 12 appended crown ether …

Solvent-Directed Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Tetraphenylpyrazine-Cholesterol with Amplified Circularly Polarized Luminescence

L Yao, K Fu, G Liu - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is important to identify the effect of assembly and aggregation on the chirality transfer and
energy transmission in supramolecular polymer system, since the unordered aggregation is …

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 …

Allosterically Regulated Guest Binding Determines Framework Symmetry for an FeII4L4 Cage

W Xue, K Wu, N Ouyang, T Brotin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly of a flexible tritopic aniline and 3‐substituted 2‐formylpyridine
subcomponents around iron (II) templates gave rise to a low‐spin FeII4L4 capsule, whereas …